What’s on the Reading a Forecast poster
A 7-row table: Figure · Means.
The figures that actually change a plan.
- Temperature — Air in shade, at 2 m
- Feels like — Adjusted for wind and humidity
- Wind speed — Sustained; gusts are separate
- Gust — Peak; often 40% higher
- Precipitation % — Chance of ANY rain in that area
- Cloud base — Height of cloud — matters on hills
- Freezing level — Altitude of 0°C
Temperature falls roughly 1°C per 100 m of ascent, and wind increases with height. A mild valley can be freezing on a summit.
Questions about the Reading a Forecast poster
- What’s on the Reading a Forecast poster?
- A 7-row table: Figure · Means. The figures that actually change a plan. Temperature — Air in shade, at 2 m; Feels like — Adjusted for wind and humidity; Wind speed — Sustained; gusts are separate; Gust — Peak; often 40% higher; Precipitation % — Chance of ANY rain in that area; Cloud base — Height of cloud — matters on hills; Freezing level — Altitude of 0°C. Temperature falls roughly 1°C per 100 m of ascent, and wind increases with height. A mild valley can be freezing on a summit.
- Who is the Reading a Forecast poster for?
- Reading a Forecast belongs to the Practical skills section rather than to a school year, because life skills is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning outdoors can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Reading a Forecast poster?
- Wind chill and rain probability matter more than the temperature. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Reading a Forecast belongs on the wall where that life skills work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Reading a Forecast?
- Building a Fire, Six Knots and Foraging Safety sit alongside Reading a Forecast in the Practical skills section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Building a FireSix KnotsForaging Safety
- Is the Reading a Forecast poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Reading a Forecast downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Practical skills section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Reading a Forecast poster print at?
- Reading a Forecast is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Reading a Forecast loses nothing.Printing guide
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