| Climate and weather play a significant role in our living. Climate defines the environmental conditions, animal world, flora and lots of other things. For instance, equatorial area is known for lush vegetation and high humidity. It's understandable that living conditions there will be different from antarctic area. As distinct from climate weather represents conditions of the atmosphere during a short period of time. Conditions of weather greatly differ according to the season. But even during one season they can be different. Changes in weather affect not just the choice of clothes, but our daily activity as well. For example, in case you are planning to spend this or that day in the fresh air, unexpected rain can ruin your plans. That's where weather forecasts are of great help.
Weather forecasting represents scientifically-based assumption about the conditions of weather in future. It concerns a definite place and a certain period of time. People used to predict the development of weather since the earliest times, but official forecasts were created just in the 19th century. Forecasts of weather are a result of collecting quantitative data about the current state of the atmosphere. With the help of scientific understanding of atmospheric processes it's possible to guess how the atmosphere will evolve.
There are different kinds of weather forecasts subject to their period. Short-term forecasts are made up to thirty-six hours. Long-term forecasts can represent a term of 3 or more months. The exactness of weather forecasts is in inverse proportion to their period. In such a way, short-term forecasts are the most accurate.
It'll be interesting to learn that the first forecast of weather was presented on TV in England on November 11, 1936. At the present time forecasts of weather are available not just on television, but in the World Wide Web as well. You have an opportunity to get to know weather forecast for any term in any place worldwide. Forecasts of weather are of great help in planning – everything from the clothes to wear tomorrow to when it's the best time to go on holiday. |
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