skill - A statistical evaluation of the accuracy of forecasts or the effectiveness of detection techniques. Several simple formulations are commonly used in meteorology.
Forecasting Skill - See Skill.
Freezing - The change of state from a liquid to a solid.
Freezing Nuclei - Solid pardcles that have a crystal form resembling that of ice; they serve as cores for the formation of ice crystals.
If you have good IT skills you could get students to collect a series of daily weather maps and animate them by scanning, naming and sizing them the same as those used in the javascript from the worksheet that runs the animation we've provided.
The QEP is a multi-media, multi-disciplinary, fully accredited credential that requires environmental professionals to see "the big picture" and to have the skills and knowledge to solve "real world problems".
Finally, since early 2005, I have begun to paint, a skill I didn't know I had until Julianna Illing, an artist in Victoria, decided to take me under her wing and teach me the basics of painting, first in oils, ...
This skill is not only important for reporting weather conditions for a given station, but also for determining the positions of significant meteorological features like fronts, cyclones and anticyclones.
Many of these methods are used to determine how much skill a forecaster has added to the forecast (for example, how much better than persistence or climatology did the forecast do?).
Weather forecasting includes the use of objective models based on certain atmospheric parameters, along with the skill and experience of a meteorologist. Also called a prediction.
It was first observed in the laboratory as convection in a shallow liquid, heated from below (as in a skillet) or cooled from above by evaporation (as in metallic paint).
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Temporal Extent: Guidance and forecasts are issued for time periods where useful skill exists out to 48 hours for seas and 120 hours for weather systems.
Subjective Forecast
Forecast produced largely by methods involving the judgment and skill of a forecaster.
Temperature
A physical quantity characterizing the mean random motion of molecules in a physical body.
There are more modern ways of doing this that do not require such a skilled observer, and can be carried out by the idiots currently available.
Mariners are more adept to forecasting weather changes from local observations than people in most other occupations. Pilots and farmers also acquire some skills in weather forecasting.
The branch of computer science that attempts to program computers to respond as if they were thinking--capable of reasoning, adapting to new situations, and learning new skills.
FORECAST A statement of expected future occurrences. Weather forecasting includes the use of objective models based on certain atmospheric parameters, along with the skill and experience of a meteorologist. Related term: prediction ...
 See also: Weather, Meteor, Pressure, Ocean, Temperature
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