What is Weather?

• Weather is a mixture of day-to-day conditions of an atmosphere at a place with respect to humidity, temperature, wind and speed determine the weather of a place.

• It can be sunny, cloudy, cold or clear and most weather happens in the troposphere, the part of Earth's atmosphere that is closest to the ground.

• A natural phenomenon that maintains equilibrium in the atmosphere.

• It is different in different parts of the world and varies over minutes, hours, days and weeks.

• It also varies according to longitudes, latitudes and pressure differences. The disasters like cyclones, Tornadoes causing property loss or life loss are called severe weather conditions.

Types of Weather

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Depending on the condition of the atmosphere, we named these conditions as the ‘weather’.
It is of various types that are discussed below:

Cold

• Cloudy

• Humid

• Rainy

• Sunny

• Hot

• Windy

• Stormy

• Hurricanes

• Cyclones

• Tornadoes

• Wet

• Dry

• Snow

• Typhoons

• Sand-storms

• Snow-storms

• Foggy

• Thunderstorm

• Sleet

• Wildfire

• Thundersnow

• Hail

• Blizzard

• Mist

• Avalanche

Elements of Weather

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There are nine main elements or components (or parts) of weather that are discussed below:

• Temperature

• Wind velocity and direction

• Humidity

• Rainfall

• Snow

• Cloud formation

• Sunshine

• Thunder

• Lightning

These all are the important elements and they together describe the weather of any place at any given time.

Elements of Weather and Climate

There are many elements or components of weather and climate that describe the weather and climate of a geographical location at a given time that are discussed below:

• Temperature

• Atmospheric pressure

• Cloudiness

• Topography

• Solar irradiance (sunshine)

• Humidity

• Precipitation

List of Weather Conditions

There are six main components or list of weather conditions that are as follows:

• Atmospheric pressure

• Precipitation (It Could be rain, hail, sleet or snow)

• Temperature

• Wind

• Humidity

• Cloudiness

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