The purpose of this course is to assist each student in developing a knowledge and understanding of meteorological phenomena, concepts and facts in order that:

1.  The student might enjoy enhanced aesthetic experiences with one of nature's most fascinating and beautiful endowments, the continually changing atmosphere, through increased familiarity and comprehension.

2.  The student might more fully comprehend and assess the reliability of meteorological ideas and information to which he or she is exposed in present and future encounters which might occur, for example, in other courses, through the media, or in the student's own imagination, thereby again enabling the student to enjoy a richer life of greater awareness.

3. The student might be able to formulate his or her own short term weather forecasts, based upon personal perceptions and knowledge, without any reference to professionally produced prognostications, also that the student might be able to "fine tune" professionally prepared forecasts to his or her specific location.