Talk:Weather

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[edit] Archive

Archive

I've archived this talk off as it was very old and mostly me jabbering to myself. nick 16:37, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] From PNA/Meterology

I have rewritten the weather article. It is now a generic explanation of weather, rather than a portal for weather web sites. nick 13:36, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Weather

Finally I think this article is on its way to becoming what it should be: a decent overview of all aspect of weather. Details should be dealt with in the articles linked to, not in this article itself. nick 16:37, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Angle of inclination

There are a couple of errors I have just noticed in this article - I'll try and fix them tonight but if somone else has time please do:

  1. Because the Earth's axis is tilted (not perpendicular to its orbital planet), sunlight is incident at different angles at different latitudes: higher latitudes have a lower angle of incidence, which results in less heating than at lower latitudes nearer the equator. (See Effect of sun angle on climate).This is wrong. Even if the Earth's orbit were perpendicular to the orbital plane, higher lattitudes would still recieve less sunlight.
  2. Any precession in a planet's orbit will affect the amount of energy received at a particular spot throughout the year. This effect causes seasons and may influence long-term weather patterns.. No. Seasons are caused by the axial tilt. Precession occurs over much longer periods and has been cited as part of the explanation for climate cycles (see Milankovitch cycles). Seasons are caused by the axial tilt. In June the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, so at any given NH lattitude more sunlight falls on that spot than there would be at the equinox. In the NH winter it is other way around - the hemisphere points away from the sun. This is because direction of the axis of rotation stays nearly constant on this timescale relative to the stars.--NHSavage 07:17, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Now fixed.--NHSavage 19:59, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Coriolis, latent heat, & adiabatic expansion&contraction

I added a quick mention of corriolis effect.

The effect of latent heat and adiabatic expansion and contraction could be usefully added. crandles 22:31, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The lead

I didn't know rain was a phenomena, or snow, or even clear blue skies. --Jay(Reply) 16:38, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Learn something everyday. Weather is indeed a phenomena. --Jay(Reply) 16:41, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What's Missing?

Well lots of people seem to think that there is a lot missing from this article, but no-one seems to be willing to elaborate. If you can think of something missing stick it in a list here. Bear in mind that this article pretty much has to be an overview of the subject given its depth and complexity. 83.67.130.184 18:15, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

  • The effects of weather on people's moods? --mazi 16:51, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] parts of the atmosphere

it dosent really say thata they are showing all the parts of weather because it also depends on on the atmosphere for heat or coolness. fk

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