And so, we went on to talk about the weather.

Did you know?

• Weather is affected by the temperature at different altitudes


• The amount of water vapour in a region, as condensation releases heat/energy into the atomsphere, causing all the changes in the weather system


• The clouds are supported by an updraft, or just wind, which allows time for the cloud to form bigger and bigger droplets


• If the updraft is strong enough, the rain would just form larger pieces of ice
  

Now try starting a conversation with that, and enjoy the response.

Then we moved on to downdraft, where a thundercloud would focus the wind like this:

Maybe not that focused. But anyway, it still does that over a small region directly underneath the cloud, screwing up the flight of any little paper plane that you happen to be throwing. Then with an airplane, you would see something like this:

Then we learnt that the toilet bowls in the northern hemisphere goes counter-clockwise, and vice versa! No not really, but it does apply to the water left in your sink and your hurricanes. It is called coriolis effect, go read it up for yourself.