weather measures
1Weather station — at Mildura Airport, Victoria, Australia. A weather station is a facility, either on land or sea, with instruments and equipment for observing atmospheric conditions to provide information for weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate …
2Weather balloon — and student volunteer at NWS Weather Forecast Office, Riverton, Wyoming, USA …
3Weather-related cancellation — or sometimes a delay is when an institution is closed or its opening delayed, or an activity is cancelled or postponed due to inclement weather conditions. Certain institutions, such as schools, are likely to close when bad weather, such as snow …
4Weather buoy — operated by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center Weather buoys are instruments which collect …
5Weather vane — A weather vane, also called a wind vane, is a movable device attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind. Very often these are in the shape of cockerels and are called weather cocks. Arrows are also popular …
6Weather in 2006 — The weather in 2006 meant another year of extremes. The summer was very hot and dry in the Northern Hemisphere. Several regions experienced disastrous floods, but droughts were not avoided either. Hurricanes were easier to Northern America than… …
7weather satellite — noun a satellite that transmits frequent picture of the earth below • Syn: ↑meteorological satellite • Hypernyms: ↑satellite, ↑artificial satellite, ↑orbiter * * * weather satellite noun A satellite used for the study of cloud formations and… …
8Automated airport weather station — Automated airport weather stations are automated sensor suites which are designed to serve aviation and meteorological observing needs for safe and efficient aviation operations and weather forecasting. Automated airport weather stations have… …
9Space weather — is the concept of changing environmental conditions in outer space. It is distinct from the concept of weather within a planetary atmosphere, and deals with phenomena involving ambient plasma, magnetic fields, radiation and other matter in space… …
10Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
