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 When
you plan to go on a picnic, or when you have a big event ahead of
you, what do you check first? You might first check the weather forecast.
Checking the weather forecast is an essential part of our daily lives.
But who made the first weather forecast? It was a French astronomer
named Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (born in the 19th century).
Le Verrie liked to watch the sky since when he was little. This is
how he could become an astronomer. In 1851, there was a huge exhibition
held in London, England. Le Verrie looked around the exhibition. When
he was on his way home, he suddenly stopped in front of a newspaper
publisher. There was a large map of England hanging on the wall of
the publisher. There were some curves drawn across the map.
 “This
is called ‘a weather map’. I drew this after I gathered information
of each region’s atmosphere pressure, temperature, and so on. But
people were not that interested in this map,” explained a man who
drew the map to Le Verrie. Le Verrie immediately demanded his government
that there should be a weather forecasting station. At first, the
French government rejected his proposal.
 Meanwhile,
a war occurred in France, and the government realized that they needed
weather forecasting to win the war. They asked Le Verrie for help.
He then collected information of about 250 regions’ weather conditions
from astrometeorologists throughout Europe. He then sent his government
the information.
He made a great contribution to France’s victory. Afterward, Le Verrie
finally founded a weather bureau for the first time in France. That
was the beginning of today’s weather forecasting. |
Staff
reporter Kayla Park
(suhihi00@timescore.co.kr) |
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