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)
  • Yep, that's needed - if only to say that there is no or little effect because there are so many people who think it does have an effect. Malick78 (talk) 16:47, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
  • I have been working quite a lot with the Swedish version of this article. I added an overview of different parts of what we call weather, like temperature, wind etc. That could be something to add. --Kr-val (talk) 09:33, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • I also think that a chapter on weather observation is relevant for the article. --Kr-val (talk) 09:33, 21 January 2008 (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


[edit] No external links at all?

Surely thats a bit austere? what about the students? --maxrspct ping me 21:59, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction- Planetary or Not?

First, this article says "Weather is a term that encompasses phenomena in the atmosphere of a planet." Then, it includes a section on extra-planetary weather that states explicitly that "Weather is not limited to planetary bodies." This could be cause for pretty substantial confusion, and should probably be cleared up. Imagining the concept of extra-planetary weather is valid, as seems more likely in this case, I think we should delete the first sentence of the article and use a modified version of the second one (which defines weather for a second time) in its stead. Something like:

The weather is the state of an atmosphere at a given time and place.
or
The weather is the set of all extant phenomena in a given atmosphere at a given time.

To be more precise, and to use the term "phenomena", which is likely more accurate than "state". If no-one objects, I'll change the article in a day or two. -- Thesocialistesq/M.Lesocialiste 01:49, 5 June 2007 (UTC) Alright. I'm going to go ahead with this. -- Thesocialistesq/M.Lesocialiste 17:17, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Links

I think, adding the following link to Ogimet website, where the latest information from all meteorological stations of the world is provided, is important: http://www.ogimet.com/index.phtml.en Cmapm 16:58, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

" i think that this was the wrong conclusion, and this page should not have been deleted" hugh from basingstoke —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.72.8 (talk) 16:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

precipitation is an important part of the weather, it erodes this earth and should be respected

hugh from Aberdeenshire. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.72.8 (talk) 16:31, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image and citations missing

Apologies, I am not a meteorologist and have no training in the field but I was removing px on images to match user preferences and encountered some markup I am unable to fix. The nice chart under "Forecasting" disappeared. I wonder if another editor would be able to fix that? Also I added a "citations missing" template for now, hope that's okay with you. Thanks very much for this article. -Susanlesch 17:48, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Thank heavens adding 240px back restored the image. Sorry about that. -Susanlesch 05:33, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Earth

Hello i have recently proposed the Wikiproject Earth. This Wikiproject`s scope includes this article. This wikiproject will overview the continents, oceans, atsmophere and global warming Please Voice your opinion by clicking anywhere on this comment except for my name. --IwilledituTalk :)Contributions —Preceding comment was added at 15:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Weather

How do I use this page to find out what the weather is. If Wikipedia is the sum of all human knowledge, shouldn't this page tell me what the weather is like in every city all over the world? 69.143.226.129 (talk) 18:55, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is the sum of all encyclopedic human knowledge; we also don't include the daily routine of every person on Earth, or the color of every house, or the location of every tree. Don't be ridiculous. -RunningOnBrains 22:15, 18 May 2008 (UTC)