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  2. Weather - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather

    Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. [1] On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmosphere, the troposphere, [2] [3] just below the stratosphere.

  3. Weather - National Geographic Society

    www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/weather

    Weather doesn’t just stay in one place. It moves, and changes from hour to hour or day to day. Over many years, certain conditions become familiar weather in an area. The av erage weather in a specific region, as well as its variations and extremes over many years, is called climate.

  4. Weather is the day-to-day or hour-to-hour change in the atmosphere. Weather includes wind , lightning , storms , hurricanes , tornadoes (also known as twisters), rain , hail , snow , and lots more.

  5. Meteorology - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting. The study of meteorology dates back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not begin until the 18th century.

  6. weather, state of the atmosphere at a particular place during a short period of time. It involves such atmospheric phenomena as temperature, humidity, precipitation (type and amount), air pressure, wind, and cloud cover.

  7. Weather forecasting - Wikipedia

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    Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the conditions of the atmosphere for a given location and time. People have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia and formally since the 19th century.

  8. Weather forecasting | Methods, Importance, & History

    www.britannica.com/science/weather-forecasting

    weather forecasting, the prediction of the weather through application of the principles of physics, supplemented by a variety of statistical and empirical techniques.

  9. Meteorologists record air pressure, wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, weather patterns, and other information. Meteorologists use this data to understand weather and to predict it. Meteorology is a major branch of earth science.

  10. What Is Weather? - Center for Science Education

    scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-weather-works/weather

    Weather is the mix of events that happen each day in our atmosphere. Weather is different in different parts of the world and changes over minutes, hours, days and weeks. Most weather happens in the troposphere, the part of Earth’s atmosphere that is closest to the ground.

  11. NWS provides weather, water, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy.