WEATHER OBSERVATION

Let’s start by stating the fact that we are all weather observers. Every single day, we decide what we are going to wear and what activity we will do (or not do) based on what we see outside the window and on our thermometers. Some of us even have min weather stations, which allow us to observe and measure temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure and wind. These same factors have been used since the very first weather observations were recorded (around 340 BC). Certainly, our weather instruments have improved over the years, and the technology of capturing and analyzing the data has dramatically improved the accuracy of short- and longterm forecasts.

Having said that, forecast accuracy