Weather is an all-encompassing term used to describe all of the many and varied phenomena that can occur in the atmosphere of a planet. The term is normally taken to mean the activity of these phenomena over short periods of time, usually no more than a few days in length. Average atmospheric conditions over significantly longer periods are known as climate. Usage of the two terms often overlaps and the concepts are obviously very closely related.

Basic mechanism

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Weather phenomena result from temperature differences around the globe, which arise mainly because areas closer to the tropics, around the equator, receive more energy from the Sun than more northern and southern regions, nearer to the Earth's poles.

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25th Infantry prepares for Iraq duty
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:41:00 -1000
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS — The commanding general of the 25th Infantry Division will head to northern Iraq in October with a shrinking number of U.S. forces and as the landscape has changed from security and raids to stability and reconstruction.
Kobayashi, 2 allies targeted
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:34:00 -1000
The city Ethics Commission is reviewing a complaint that City Council members Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Charles K. Djou and Ann H. Kobayashi improperly used city resources to promote Kobayashi's mayoral campaign.
Mayoral debate Tuesday at theater will stream live
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:38:00 -1000
Tickets to Tuesday's Honolulu mayoral debate at the Hawai'i Theatre will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Palin takes jabs at Obama, news media
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:41:00 -1000
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin electrified the Republican convention last night, pitching herself as a champion of government reform, mocking Democratic Sen. Barack Obama as an elitist and belittling media criticism of her experience.
Hawaii schools' night security patrols may be cut from budget
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:42:00 -1000
Education officials are proposing to trim night security patrols at 76 schools after an initial plan to cut the public school athletics budget failed.
Stop Rail Now petition rejected by city, Hawaii Supreme Court
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:47:00 -1000
Stop Rail Now's efforts to place an anti-rail ordinance on the November ballot suffered a fatal blow yesterday.

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