Weather -- Forecasting Will you need your snow boots tomorrow? Should you bring an umbrella? Accurate weather predictions are important for planning our day-to-day activities. Farmers need information to help them plan for the planting and harvesting of their crops. Airlines need to know about local weather conditions

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Tools of the Trade Stories and Tales of the Weather Service   Technology Tales For centuries weather observing tools consisted of the human eye and the various human senses. Only within the last six centuries has the rudimentary technology of weather observation been developed. The rain gauge, barometer, anemomet

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-- NASA Earth Observatory Home Images Global Maps Features News & Notes     Early History The art of weather forecasting began with early civilizations using reoccurring astronomical and meteorological events to help them monitor seasonal changes in the weather. Around 650 B.C., the Babylonians tried t

Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia , and formally since the nineteenth century. Weather forecasts are made by collecting quantitative data about the curr