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Weather: ideas and frameworks explained

A collection of ideas, frameworks and techniques related to Weather, explained clearly so they are easy to understand and share.

How to remember latitude and longitude on a world map, understand which is which, which is x or y, and how to read lat–long coordinates using an easy mnemonic: latitude is flat and longitude convergesLatitude and Longitude: How to Remember Which is WhichTemperature palindromes: Handy reference points for converting fahrenheit to celsius - 82-28 and 61-16Temperature Palindromes: Converting Between Fahrenheit and CelsiusSnerdle meaning in English: To wrap up snugly beneath the covers and ignore the world. 18th Century dialect. By SketchplanationsSnerdleComplaining at the weather illustration: An adult complains about the rain, the sun and the snow while a child enjoy all threeComplaining at the weatherTwo hikers look at distant lightning and count how long it takes to hear the thunder to estimate how far the lightning is awayFlash-to-bang methodAn urban area next to a more natural rural area showing how the urban area gets hotter than the surrounding landHeat islandsBanner cloud on the Matterhorn showing strong wind of cold dry air on one side and warmer humid air on the other producing the cloud in a banner shapeBanner cloudWeather and Climate illustration: weather is likened to the notes and loose change kept in your purse and the climate is likened to a graph showing your financial status over a long period of time. Weather and climate: an analogyWhat causes seasons showing how it is caused by the earths tilt and light hitting differently in the north and south hemispheresSeasonsWhat is Lake effect snow explained including the snow beltLake-effect snowDirty thunderstorm definition, explanation and exampleDirty thunderstormThunder cloudsYesterday’s weatherRain shadowLenticular cloudsTypes of clouds chart showing cloud names, shapes and heights, including cirrus, altostratus, cumulus and stratus, for learning how to identify clouds with pictures.Know your clouds: How to identify common cloud typesIt’s not so much the weather itself, it’s the unpredictabilityVisitors from other climates

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