Joel Rosenbaum giving a weather briefing at the weather station, Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam (2/1969). Joel Rosenbaum Collection, Veterans History Project, AFC2001/001/7547. Image from http://blogs.loc.gov/

Weather prediction methods have been around for centuries. As our understanding of weather and our technologies improve, our predictions improve. For more information, click here. 

In the next activity, you will use weather maps and weather factors to make predictions about the weather.