Meteorology is the science of weather: why it rains, how a typhoon grows, what the air is doing today and what it will likely do tomorrow. It is the study, not the weather itself — you do not 'have meteorology' the way you have rain.

Meteorology meteorology is是 the science of weather研究天氣的科學: why it rains為什麼會下雨, how a typhoon grows颱風是怎麼形成的, what the air is doing today and what it will likely do tomorrow空氣今天在做什麼，以及明天可能會怎麼樣。It它 is是 the study這門學問, not the weather itself不是天氣本身 — you do not 'have meteorology' the way you have rain你不會像有雨一樣說『have meteorology』。

People stretch this word very little; it stays a school-and-science word. In daily talk we just say the weather.

People stretch this word very little人們很少把這個字用得寬鬆; it stays a school-and-science word它一直是個學校和科學用的字。In daily talk日常說話時 we just say the weather我們就直接說the weather天氣。

Though actually, it is also not climatology. Climate is the usual weather of a place over many years; meteorology is closer to what the sky is doing now, and next.

Though actually不過其實, it is also not climatology它也不是climatology氣候學。Climate climate指的是氣候 is the usual weather of a place over many years一個地方長年下來一般的天氣狀況; meteorology meteorology is closer to比較接近的是 what the sky is doing now, and next天空現在，以及接下來在做什麼。

Satellites, balloons, radar, and computer models are all tools of meteorology now, so the old picture of a person only staring at clouds is too small.

Satellites, balloons, radar, and computer models衛星、氣球、雷達，和電腦模型 are all tools of meteorology now現在都是meteorology的工具, so the old picture of a person only staring at clouds is too small所以那種一個人只是盯著雲看的舊印象，已經太小看它了。