Tuesday 21 August 2012

Weathering

So, where does weather come from?

weather
Weather - That's it right there!


Here, the weather generally comes from the west, occasionally from the east and is less frequent, but generally more interesting, when it arrives from the north or south. Here is Canberra, but it could be anywhere as weather is everywhere, but where does it come from?

'Weather' the word has its origins from 'we' meaning wind from around the 15th century, it is in other languages to like wetter in German.  Obviously these are not new ideas, indeed  meteorology was discussed by Aristotle around 340 BC, but weather itself has been around a lot longer than human beings.  In this blog we'll try to investigate the origins of weather with the help of my brain, Australia, my phone camera and the internet. Let's see how we get on......


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