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Applications of Weather Forecasting
Applications of Weather Forecasting
Weather forecasting has been around since humans recognized changes in conditions occurring as weather patterns changed or started to change. These original “forecasts” were passed down from generation to generation through oral tradition. Some of these are still part of our culture and do have physical validity to their meaning. One such maxim is “Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning.” The sun setting in a clear western sky will often produce reddish sunsets; since a majority of the weather patterns in the midlatitudes move from west to east, this would mean no storms to fear. However, when the sun rises above the eastern horizon and the sky is red, ...
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