Sunday 26 June 2022

Sky High

 

1957: World Meteorological Organization

A weather balloon flying above the clouds

1973: Centenary of World Meteorological Organization (Design - T Ekstrom)

Finland celebrated the origins of the WMO, which was the 1873 Vienna International Meteorological Congress.

1958: Chinese Meteorology
 

China is a member of the WMO but can boast of 3000 years of records found in various historical records however their modern meteorological methods started in the 17th Century with continuous recording not happening until the mid 19th Century.

1993: Norden: Tourist Attractions

Today balloons, satellites and giant computers modelling the weather let us know what to expect when we venture to the great outdoors although Saturday here gave us three seasons in one day

2009: Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park

so maybe I'll just look up to the sky and hope for the best.

Sunday Stamps theme this week is - The Sky - look up See It On A Postcard

3 comments:

Mail Adventures said...

Really high skies on your post today! :)

violet s said...

Imagine "modern meteorological records" started in 17th C!
I work mostly outside at night and check the weather obsessively. Still waiting for that promised rain... it is fascinating, and frustrating, how it can change so dramatically seemingly from minute to minute.

viridian said...

Dry here in the American Midwest. I hadn't thought of weather balloons on stamps, but they fit the theme perfectly.