The October meeting in Radstock Museum’s series of popular science talks focuses on something we all talk about all of the time – the weather. But this time, it is the weather over the Andes, the Antarctic Peninsular and the open Southern Ocean.

Professor Nick Mitchell and his group at Bath University use radar and satellites to study the gravity waves that carry energies within the different layers of the atmosphere. These atmospheric gravity waves can be generated by winds blowing over mountains, storms, or unstable jet streams; and they are particularly intense at latitudes near 60S and poleward into the Antarctic. The results from this work will help develop the next generation of computer models for weather prediction and climate research.

The talk, which will have some stunning illustrations, will describe the group’s work, and especially the deployment of the first atmospheric radar on the isolated mountainous island of South Georgia, which was installed in collaboration with The British Antarctic Survey, in 2016. All are welcome at Radstock Working Men’s Club at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 17th October. For details, visit: www.radstockmuseum.co.uk/our-talks-programme