How to Predict the Weather

Weather forecasting takes time and research. Here are just a few tips on scientific weather forecasting along with some interesting weather folklore.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Umbrellas
• Weather Maps
• Weather Radios
• Emergency Food And Water
• First Aid Kits
• Barometers
• Compasses
• Pouch Rain Poncho
• Snow Shovels
• Thermometers For Outdoor Temperatures
• Flashlights
• Hand-cranked Or Solar Radios
• Flashlights
• Umbrellas

1. Watch for a steadily falling barometer with winds from the east/northeast. This usually indicates the arrival of a storm from the south or southwest within 24 hours.

2. Expect fair weather if the barometric pressure is steady and winds are coming from the southwest to northwest.

3. Look for the presence of cirrocumulus clouds that are in patches or in widespread layers. This is usually a sign of an advancing, large, unstable weather system.

4. Watch for the formation of cumulonimbus clouds early in the day. As they become more vigorous, the likelihood of severe weather increases.

5. Expect nice weather if the sky is blue and cloudless.

6. Expect nice weather the following day if the night sky is clear.

Tips & Warnings

• Here are some unscientific ways that folks forecast the weather:
• Expect fair weather if geese fly high in the sky.
• Expect showers if clouds look like rocks and towers.
• Prepare for a bad winter if it is warm in November.
• Prepare for a cold winter if turkeys at Thanksgiving have thick feathers.
• Prepare for a storm if you hear an owl hoot in the daytime.
• Prepare for a storm if smoke coils downward and lingers.
• If you live in an area where severe weather is possible, seek weather information from professional meteorologists.

[natlog]

on 10/14/2009 Pilot training manuals have quite a bit on predicting weather, and you don't need the most up-to-date edition for this. Try your library, used book stores, or pilot friends.

[elvis1935]

on 3/27/2008 Lightning Detectors, Instead of buying one, many of you already have one. If you have a AM Radio this is a good lighting Detector. You can hear the static on you AM Radio. Louder it gets the closer the storm is. Just a Cheap thought.

[elvis1935]

on 3/27/2008 You can't miss with this weather Rock. If the Rock is white, Snow. Wet, Rain, Dry, good weather. GONE,Tornado. 100%

[CCrock]

on 1/8/2008 Sailors - Red in the morning, sailors take warning, red at night, sailors delight!

on 11/22/2005 Before a thunderstorm or rain storm animals (birds especially), get quiet. Before a thunderstorm cows will lie down.