When Atlantic Storms Reach Ireland
Download an editable 6th Year Geography slideshow explaining how Atlantic depressions form and how to forecast Irish weather from a synoptic chart.
- Subject
- Geography
- Year group
- 6th Year
- Curriculum topic
- Climate and weather: mid-latitude depressions
- Editable download
- PPTX
About this resource
Built for a clear, classroom-ready lesson.
Begin with why Ireland's cool temperate oceanic climate sits in the path of Atlantic weather, then follow the four stages of depression formation at the polar front. Students match synoptic chart terms, learn what warm, cold and occluded fronts bring, read isobars and pressure in hectopascals on a Met Éireann chart, and examine Storm Éowyn (January 2025) as a case study before sequencing the weather a depression brings and writing a forecast.
The sequence works as a complete lesson on the Atlantic climate or as preparation for weather-chart questions. Edit the PowerPoint to add today's Met Éireann chart, a different storm case study or your own forecast task before presenting it to your class.
Learning objectives
- Explain how a mid-latitude depression forms at the polar front.
- Interpret isobars, pressure values and fronts on a synoptic chart.
- Forecast the weather a depression will bring to Ireland.
What’s included
- 18 classroom-ready slides
- Depression formation and front explanations with diagrams
- Matching, chart-reading and sequencing activities with answers
- Storm Éowyn case study, model forecast and summary
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