Local Weather Forecast Temperature Information

This section provides information about local weather forecasts including various aspects of weather events and how these form.

Weather Pattern Changes

Surrounding the earth, the many elements that make up our atmosphere are going to change our weather patterns, daily, weekly and from year to year. The effects of one cycle of weather, will cause changes to occur in weather patterns, and will also change the temperatures of the earth. The weather is always changing. Some areas of the world see very little rain. Other areas of the world see very little sunlight. Most of the earth has varying seasons, with hot summers, cold winters, and still others; find very little change between seasons, such as constant snow and ice, or constant heat and sun.

Air Temperature conditions

Air temperatures and radiant heat have direct effects on the atmospheric conditions. As the sun warms the air, and the sun hits the earth, some portions of the earth are going to absorb heat, while others will reflect that heat. Heat is captured in the soil, the ground, and the heat from the sun is reflected on the waters, on the ice portions of the earth. Temperatures are warms, where the earth absorbs the sun, and it is colder in areas where the sunlight reflects back to space. As you travel or live in the mountains, the air is cooler, as the earth is not holding much of the heat in the soil. Flat areas, such as the plains and the desert capture the heat, and hold the heat in the flat areas. The mountainous regions and the loss of heat is also known as adiabatic lapse. In a forest area, trees that are high in the air will absorb the heat from the sun, leaving the areas below the tree cool and shaded from the hot sun.

Wind Conditions

Wind also changes the weather, and how the weather affects the earth. Wind can change directions, any time of the day. In mid afternoon, when the atmosphere is most unstable, the wind is most often going to change directions, which is when many storms form. Wind will change the oxygen levels in the air. Wind will increase the evaporation of rain, bodies of water, and similar types of wet conditions. Wind can fuel a fire as heat in the earth is increased with the pressure of down winds. Pressure winds are going to change the temperatures. As the earth spins, and the winds change, wind will change and move air creating air temperature changes, pushing cool air into areas that are normally hot.

Precipitatiom Conditions

Precipitation is also known as snow or rain. Snow and rain are both going to have direct effects on moisture of the land, and the humidity, which is the moisture in the air. As snow or rain is about to fall, the winds will often times die down, and temperatures will drop. As the atmosphere above is accumulating moisture, and it can hold no more moisture in the air, the moisture will fall as rain or snow, which is why you find heavier snowfalls over areas that are near lakes in the cold regions, and heavy rains, for long periods where large bodies of water are found. As the air temperatures lower, and are decreasing the humidity is going to climb. As moisture gathers in the air, moisture, which is humidity will form drops of rain. Where temperatures are high, and humidity is low, the atmosphere is dry, and no rain is going to fall. No moisture can form, and no clouds are going to form.

Cloud Formation

Just how are clouds formed? Clouds are formed as the earth heats up, and the surface of the earth releases heat back into the air. As the heat is released into the air, and the moisture levels are high, meaning the humidity is high, air changes from hot to cool, and clouds are formed. The air that is heated rises, and fills with moisture as it continues to rise. As the air is warm, and filling with moisture, it forms clouds in the sky that you see sometimes against those blue skies. As the clouds are becoming heavy with moisture, and as the air continues to rise, clouds will become darker, and the rain will then fall.

Weather Jobs

Many occupations work within the field of weather as it directly and indirectly affects the whole planet. For example Climatologists study climate change and its effects by the use computers to predict the climatic effect of crops and fruit (State and Federal government departments are common places for climatologists to be employed). Meteorologists on the other hand study weather patterns which they then explain and forecast these earth's atmospheric changes over time. Also indirectly there are many occupations that interact with weather forecasts and patterns, an example of this is water utilities predicting portable water use forecasts from rain.