What is "weather report"

Weather \Weath"er\, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar, OFries. weder, D. weder, we[^e]r, G. wetter, OHG. wetar, Icel. ve[eth]r, Dan. veir, Sw. v["a]der wind, air, weather, and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith. vetra storm, Russ. vieter', vietr', wind, and E. wind. Cf. Wither.]

1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.

   Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather.
   --Shak.

   Fair weather cometh out of the north.
   --Job xxxvii. 2

2. 2. Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
   --Bacon.

3. Storm; tempest.

   What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud My thoughts presage!
   --Dryden.

4. A light rain; a shower. [Obs.]
   --Wyclif.

   Stress of weather, violent winds; force of tempests.

   To make fair weather, to flatter; to give flattering representations. [R.]

   To make good weather, or To make bad weather (Naut.), to endure a gale well or ill; -- said of a vessel.
   --Shak.

   Under the weather, ill; also, financially embarrassed. [Colloq. U. S.]
   --Bartlett.

   Weather box. Same as Weather house, below.
   --Thackeray.

   Weather breeder, a fine day which is supposed to presage foul weather.

   Weather bureau, a popular name for the signal service. See Signal service, under Signal, a. [U. S.]

   Weather cloth (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather when stowed in the nettings.

   Weather door. (Mining) See Trapdoor, 2.

   Weather gall. Same as Water gall, 2. [Prov. Eng.]
   --Halliwell.

   Weather house, a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images.

   Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weather house, that useful toy!
   --Cowper.

   Weather molding, or

   Weather moulding (Arch.), a canopy or cornice over a door or a window, to throw off the rain.

   Weather of a windmill sail, the obliquity of the sail, or the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution.

   Weather report, a daily report of meteorological observations, and of probable changes in the weather; esp., one published by government authority.

   Weather spy, a stargazer; one who foretells the weather. [R.]
   --Donne.

   Weather strip (Arch.), a strip of wood, rubber, or other material, applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.

n. (context meteorology English) A description, especially one prepared by a governmental or other authority, of past and/or present and/or forecasted meteorological conditions for a particular geographical area.

Weather report may refer to:

• Weather forecasting, the application of science and technology to predict the weather
• Weather Report, a jazz fusion musical group
  • Weather Report (1971 album)
  • Weather Report (1982 album)
• Weather Report (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), a fictional character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Originally released in May 1971, Weather Report was the debut album by the group of the same name. The album was reissued by Columbia Records in 1992. The album was digitally remastered by Vic Anesini in November 1991 at Sony Music Studios in New York City, and then released again under the Sony International label.

Writing on the back sleeve of the album, Clive Davis, the then president of Columbia Records opines: "There have always been two kinds of musicians-those who create and those who imitate. Weather Report creates. It is that rare thing in music, an original […] Together these gifted young musicians have created Weather Report, a soundtrack for the mind, the imagination, for opening up heads and hearts."

Weather Report (1982) is the twelfth album from the jazz group Weather Report. The band's first album is also self-titled, causing confusion among consumers and retailers upon its release. It is the final album featuring Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine in the rhythm section, bringing to an end what many fans considered the best lineup in the band's history.

The center piece of the album is the three part "N.Y.C." The three movement suite starts with 41st Parallel, a bouncing groove showing off Erskine's unique touch on the drums. The second movement, The Dance, is a more traditional swing feel, but with Zawinul's synthesizer orchestration heavily laid on top. The final movement, Crazy About Jazz, is a cordial ending that fits its name in every way.