Meteorology is the science that studies the atmosphere and the phenomena that occur in it. The study may have different purposes, but the most common is to know the atmosphere of a place or time to provide the following days.

The climate of an area is the average of the values atmospheric studied over a long time. The long term is generally used to refer to the atmospheric conditions of a particular day or time.

History of meteorology

The weather has always concerned with men, because depending on whether it rains or sun makes the activities that you can do are quite different. Power means being able to predict the time ahead and plan tasks and power, for example, save a crop.

The name of science itself comes from a treaty Aristotle called Meteorology, but until the nineteenth century did not exist as such science. The breakthroughs came in the twentieth century with the use of more sophisticated instruments such as the existing satellites.

Weather Phenomena

The weather climatological studies the temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure, to describe together with other climate parameters from one place to predict the weather circumstances that take place.

The most common weather events are rain or wind. But there are others that occur only at certain times like snow or that are more likely in certain geographical areas such as hurricanes.

Rain

It is the precipitation of water that falls to the ground from the clouds, which are concentrations of water vapor, composed of tiny droplets, which condense to form more large rush on the land.

The rain is more common in humid areas like for example the tropics. The amount of rainfall in a particular place is measured by pluviómetro.

Wind

This phenomenon is due to atmospheric air movements caused by differences in temperature and atmospheric pressure. When warm air, it expands, it becomes less heavy and tends to rise on cold air masses.

There are also types of winds own specific locations occurring as a result of certain geographical features and climate of the place as siroco.

Snow

This meteorological phenomenon occurs only when the temperature of the atmosphere is below 0 ° Celsius. This causes small drops of rain clouds freeze and form ice crystals that precipitate on earth in the form of flakes.

The probability of snow at a given location is also conditioned by the geographical situation. So we can say that at higher altitudes, increased chance of snow and a larger proximity to the equator slightest chance that snow.

Hurricane

It is a weather phenomenon consisting of a tropical storm that formed in the sea, characterized by the power of its winds, in excess of 120 km / h.

This results in areas of low atmospheric pressure. It usually reserve the name for hurricane storms of this type occurring in the Atlantic Ocean.

Thunderstorm

It is a weather phenomenon consisting of a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and thunder. The rays are electric shocks that caused by the shock of positive and negative electric charges in the clouds.

The thunder occur as a result of lightning. It is the noise generated by electric shocks and being transmitted through the air.

Other weather

·  Hail: drops of water are turned into ice. They originate in both summer and winter and usually in a sort of cloud features that are called cumulonimbus.

·  Rainbow: is the decomposition of the light into the colors that comprise it. It occurs when the sun's light beams passing through the raindrops.

·  Tornado: it is a rotating column of wind that stretches from floor to the clouds. It occurs in certain conditions when a flow of air hits cold and dry air with another hot and humid.

·  Typhoon: is the name given when hurricanes originating in the Pacific Ocean.