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In other words, the U.S. is a bit of a weather powerhouse. Here, most forecasts originate at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). These centers are part of the National Weather Service (NWS), which itself is a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To make their weather observations, every day meteorologists record atmospheric data at weather stations and ships. Meteorologists then feed the data input from atmospheric observations into computer systems.

Sources of Weather Information

• NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
• STATE FORESTRY AGENCIES.
• LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
• PRIVATE WEATHER FORECASTING SERVICES.

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Weather observations So they need lots of measurements of things like air pressure, temperature and rainfall, not just from on the ground, but high in the sky and even from up in space as well. For those measurements they rely on weather balloons and aeroplanes, as well as radars and satellites.

Observational data collected by doppler radar, radiosondes, weather satellites, buoys and other instruments are fed into computerized NWS numerical forecast models. The models use equations, along with new and past weather data, to provide forecast guidance to our meteorologists.

Weather forecasts are made by collecting as much data as possible about the current state of the atmosphere (particularly the temperature, humidity and wind) and using understanding of atmospheric processes (through meteorology) to determine how the atmosphere evolves in the future. …

The Short Answer: A seven-day forecast can accurately predict the weather about 80 percent of the time and a five-day forecast can accurately predict the weather approximately 90 percent of the time. However, a 10-day—or longer—forecast is only right about half the time.

It has been used as a symbol for many thousands of years, perhaps most notably in the floods in the bible. Rain can symbolize many things. It can represent unhappiness, rebirth, foreboding, determination, the breaking of a drought, and a pause for introspection.

Temperature and humidity in predicting rain High temperature and humidity means there is water vapor in the air and the atmospheric pressure is increasing (measured in hectopascals); meaning that precipitation is highly likely. This is why checking wind speed as well as humidity is important.

It is possible to feel that storm coming “in your bones” – or in your head. “Barometric pressure is atmospheric pressure, the weight of the atmosphere,” said headache specialist Dr. Weather shifts and storms come with other changes like temperature swings, rain or snow, and changes in the wind.

Water vapor turns into clouds when it cools and condenses—that is, turns back into liquid water or ice. In the cloud, with more water condensing onto other water droplets, the droplets grow. When they get too heavy to stay suspended in the cloud, even with updrafts within the cloud, they fall to Earth as rain.

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Red snow, snow or ice surfaces, usually overlying soil on mountains, that are coloured by algae such as Chlamydomonas or Raphidonema. During seasons when there is little sunlight and temperatures are below the freezing point, the algae are dormant. Red snow caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis.