from day to day, climate is a region’s general pattern of weather over a long period of time.Рpattern 模式РInternational Kite FestivalРWEATHER FORECASTРIf you want to know what the weather will be like tomorrow, you can find a forecast in the newspaper, on TV, or on . Until about 150 years ago, however, forecasts were made by people observing their surroundings. They paid a lot of attention to the clouds and the winds.РToday, forecasting tomorrow’s or next week’s weather is the job of meteorologists (气象学家), scientists who study the weather. Modern weather forecasting depends on collecting enormous amounts of information—all around the world.РTORNADOРTORNADOРA tornado is a violent storm whose centre is a cloud in the shape of a funnel(漏斗). Tornados can always make very strong circular winds.