http://www.freeweather.info Free Global Weather Information Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:04:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Travel on icy or snow-covered roads can be hazardous, so motorists are warned to use extra caution. All those who are unaccustomed to dealing with life-threatening aspects of severe cold should remember to keep exposure to cold weather to a minimum. Frostbite is harmful and painful. Hypothermia, or low body temperature, can be lethal, ... http://www.freeweather.info/?p=30 Snowy, icy conditions that have hit UK and Other parts of europe in recent days shut down most cities,  and also here people get stuck in traffic and then abandon their cars by the roadside. It was shocking to see abandoned vehicles around london. The main reason is that a lot of people aren't ... http://www.freeweather.info/?p=29 While most people make their holiday plans weeks or months in advance of departure, weather forecasts are only available at best for 3 to 5 days into the future. So how do you find out what sort of weather to expect when you are planning your holiday? Luckily recurring weather patterns ... http://www.freeweather.info/?p=25 Weather Map is typically a graphical representation of various factors involving atmospheric conditions such as wind strength/direction diagrams, Temparature maps, Low/High Pressure indications etc. Wind strength is inversely proportional to the distance between isobars -- the closer the lines, the stronger the winds. This rule does not apply in the tropics ... http://www.freeweather.info/?p=24 Energy balance (the Earth's annual and the global mean): of the incoming solar radiation, 49% (168 Wm-2) is absorbed by the surface. That heat is returned to the atmosphere as sensible heat, as evapotranspiration (latent heat) and as thermal infrared radiation. Most of this radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere, ... http://www.freeweather.info/?p=23