Used to was, the British ATP Met exam gave the examinee a surface analysis, the current weather at the destination and the answer was to provide a forecast for arrival after an eight hour flight.

I once had a forecaster, not an observer, tell me my base, an hour away was going to have heavy snow with visibility below mins. I asked for the current weather which had a light south wind, a lot of dewpoint spread and good ceiling, clearly the low with its cold front was moving slower than the forecast. I went, landed out of visual approach. Snow began a few hours later adding up to over a foot.

Pilots fly in weather, they must understand it. Fly international and you will get some real surprises applying US weather patterns to a different environment, go back to the met fundamentals and it makes sense.

GF