Are there any simple techniques for predicting weather?
• Previously when there was not much of technology developed for weather forecasting, farmers based their prediction on many natural, cultural and social phenomena. • Some of these techniques are discussed in this lesson. • Yes. You can observe weather using your senses: • Sight, • Touch, • Hearing, and • Smell. How sight is used for predicting weather? • Sight is the easiest sense to use when you forecast. You use sight when you watch clouds to forecast the weather. Go outside and look up at the clouds. Clouds can tell you many things about what the weather will do. SIGHT • Thin and wispy clouds found very high in the sky point the direction the wind is blowing. • No precipitation falls from such clouds. They are a sign of fair weather for now and the very near future. • Clouds, which are like fuzzy bubbles in long rows or strings usually, mean that a cold front is coming. • If it is summertime, warm and humid these clouds may turn into thunderstorms. • Dark and low-hanging clouds cov
