Science

• Weather refers to the condition of the atmosphere in a particular place within a short period of time
• Climate refers to the average weather conditions in a region over a period of time.
• A meteorologist is the person who study and forecast the weather
• Temperature is the hotness and coldness of earth, measured by thermometer
• Air pressure is a force that the air exerts by pushing in all directions, measured by barometer
• Humidity is the amount of water vapor or moisture content in the air, measured by psychrometer
• Stratus clouds appear as layers or flat sheets that also bring rain
• Clear sky when their is no clouds in the sky
• Partly cloud when one-fourth of the sky is covered by clouds
• Generally cloudy is when half of the sky is cloudy
• Cloudy sky is when three-fourths of the sky is covered with clouds
• Overcast is when the sky is completely covered with clouds
• The amount of rainfall is measured by a rain gauge
• Summer monsoon weather is characterised by a strong, generally west or southwest breeze that is responsibility for bringing significant rainfall to the asian
• Winter monsoon weather features a generally less strong east or northeast breeze that is cooler or drier, with prolonged periods of successive cloudless days.
• The weather patterns in the Philippines are the winter northeast monsoon or amihan and the summer southwest monsoon or habagat.
• The wet season in the Philippines is from June to November and the dry season, from December to May
• Cirrus clouds - thin, hair-like or feather-like clouds found high in the sky
• Cumulus clouds - appear like heaps of cotton in the sky that bring good weather
• Nimbus clouds - thick and dark clouds that bring much rain