Meteorology

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[edit] About the Book

Most people assume meteorology to be weather, or vise versa. Most people think that you can easily look at some pictures and say what the weather will most likely be. Both of these statements are wrong. When you want to understand meteorology, you have to understand the atmosphere, some physics, and a lot of charts. In this book, I will try and open people's world to meteorology, but that does mean learning a lot of other topics that may seem to have nothing to do with weather or climate. If you stick with me, I will do my best to make sure it stays on topic and doesn't go in depth on other topics without actually needing to. For example, I will not throw handfuls of physics formulas at you, but instead simply cover what you need to know and go from there.

The book was originally a small set of articles talking about random points of meteorology. Of course, you can not talk about one thing without talking about another, this made the articles hard to read and understand. Hopefully, in time and with the help of others, this book will become useful for anyone looking for a piece of information they forgot a long time ago or are just curious.