Forty percent chance of rain means nothing to you
You cannot tell whether to bring a coat.
Courses
See what you would learn
Read a forecast and know why the weather changes.
A course on everyday meteorology. It covers pressure, fronts, humidity and wind, how forecasts are made and why they are sometimes wrong, and how to read the sky and the app with more understanding.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I want to understand the weather well enough to read a forecast properly and know why it changes. Explain pressure, fronts, humidity and why forecasts are sometimes wrong.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Science & nature
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- Why do you want this: hobbies outdoors, curiosity, or being caught in the rain once too often?
- What confuses you: the symbols, the percentages, or the whole system?
- Do you have a climate in mind, or the general principles?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
The forecast was wrong again
And you would like to know why.
You look at the sky and see sky
Others read it and you cannot.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06Air, heat and pressure
The engine behind all weather.
Fronts and systems
Why weather arrives in patterns.
Humidity, clouds and rain
How water moves through the sky.
Wind
Where it comes from and what it signals.
Forecasts
How they are made, what the percentages mean, and why they fail.
Reading the sky
Clouds, colours and change, for the next few hours.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Understand the drivers
Explain pressure, fronts, humidity and wind, and how they produce weather.
Read a forecast
Interpret probabilities, symbols and confidence correctly.
Read the sky
Recognise what clouds and wind are telling you.
Ideas this course corrects
Forecasters are often wrong
Short-range forecasts are right most of the time. The misses are memorable; the hits are not.
Forty percent chance of rain means it will rain forty percent of the time
It means rain is expected at your location on four out of ten days like this. Duration is a separate question.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course on everyday meteorology. It covers pressure, fronts, humidity and wind, how forecasts are made and why they are sometimes wrong, and how to read the sky and the app with more understanding. It sits under Science & nature in the Ideas & discovery part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I want to understand the weather well enough to read a forecast properly and know why it changes. Explain pressure, fronts, humidity and why forecasts are sometimes wrong.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.