Weather Prediction from Observations of Cloudlets

Abstract

THE simplicity of the following method of weather prediction is liable to excite incredulity. Nevertheless, our climate is so changeable that the method can be crucially tested on most days within five minutes by any one. I have used it during many years and on hundreds of occasions, and have found it at least as reliable as the, necessarily, belated weather reports given in newspapers. It is so simple that, as it seems to me, every one must know it; but, apparently, that is not so. In any case, I write only for the man who, perhaps knowing nothing about scientific meteorology, desires to ascertain for himself the kind of weather he is likely to experience during the next few hours.