I love this movie showing the Earth’s Weather 2013 as viewed by satellite from the WMO (World Meteorological Organisation). I have a similar movie from when I did an Open University meteorology course a few years back which focuses on precipitation rather than cloud, but I was never sure where it came from, and this new movie has quite a nice commentary that talks the viewer through the main features as they occur.
With this view of the Earth’s weather you get really good insight into how places such as the UK are located just perfectly to catch the near constant stream of mid-latitude storms that progress west to east around the globe, and can also clearly see the typhoon/hurricane season and the intense convective activity occurring (and pulsing daily) in the tropics. All in all, the movie provides a really great ‘big picture’ view of the planet’s dynamic atmosphere which will probably make you think a little differently about our own local weather in the future.
Tim O'Hare 