3rd Year Students ‘blown away’ by the arrival of Storm Gerry
Everyone knows the Irish love to talk about the weather and St Aidan’s most recent visitor brought talking about the weather to a whole new level. On Wednesday 21st November Gerry Murphy, a Met Éireann meteorologist and University College Dublin lecturer, arrived in St. Aidan’s to educate the 3rd year students in Meteorology – much to the delight of students and teachers alike.
Geography teacher, Ms Ni Bhaoill, decided to construct a weather station in the school to aid the students in their studies of weather and climate. Gerry took time out of his busy schedule to come and make a presentation to the students on meteorology and his work within Met Éireann.
Gerry began the presentation by explaining how atmospheric pressure and the circulation of air effects Irelands climate before giving a ‘storming’ explanation on how warm and cold weather fronts create the different types of clouds in our atmosphere.
Gerry’s ‘sunny’ disposition and boundless enthusiasm about the weather in Ireland left all 3rd year students ‘blown away’ by his in-depth explanations of Irish weather.
Gerry ended the session by officially opening the St Aidan’s weather station which included a rain gauge, a hygrometer and a wet and dry bulb thermometer to name just a few of the instruments which will help the geography students of St. Aidan’s in years to come.
Written by: Chole Sherlock, Laura Bannon, Mark Nesbitt, Timothy Elliott.
3rd Year
Geography teacher, Ms Ni Bhaoill, decided to construct a weather station in the school to aid the students in their studies of weather and climate. Gerry took time out of his busy schedule to come and make a presentation to the students on meteorology and his work within Met Éireann.
Gerry began the presentation by explaining how atmospheric pressure and the circulation of air effects Irelands climate before giving a ‘storming’ explanation on how warm and cold weather fronts create the different types of clouds in our atmosphere.
Gerry’s ‘sunny’ disposition and boundless enthusiasm about the weather in Ireland left all 3rd year students ‘blown away’ by his in-depth explanations of Irish weather.
Gerry ended the session by officially opening the St Aidan’s weather station which included a rain gauge, a hygrometer and a wet and dry bulb thermometer to name just a few of the instruments which will help the geography students of St. Aidan’s in years to come.
Written by: Chole Sherlock, Laura Bannon, Mark Nesbitt, Timothy Elliott.
3rd Year