Your Weather Questions Answered

If you didn’t have any weather instruments, how could you tell if storms are coming?

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Published: 4/07/2008 2:27 pm

Updated: 4/07/2008 2:28 pm

Fortunately we have many high-tech tools to help us try to predict the weather. However, if we didn’t have the technology there are still other "signals" to look at from Mother Nature.

Many weather systems have a certain cloud pattern. Watching how the clouds build into the area can be a good indicator of future weather.

Wind direction is also a good indication for impending weather. Most of us already know the differences in conditions if we’re feeling a south wind compared to a northwest breeze. In Rochester, our weather generally comes from the west.

In the early days of weather prediction, meteorologists communicated with a western city as a way of foreseeing the local weather. The most successful meteorologists will use both high-tech and low-tech means for a successful forecast.

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