Although meteorologists know the ingredients for severe storms, they are very difficult to predict, with accuracy, far in advance. To get an accurate prediction, one should pay attention to the 6 to 10 day forecast.
-Anonymous

In general, severe weather is more prevalent in the western and southern parts of Pennsylvania because it is closer to Tornado Alley.
-From an article in the Daily Collegian (PSU student paper)

Is this the wall cloud? I can't tell now that we're under it.
-muttered by Steve Gaddy's chase partner near Pilot Point, TX

Never, no matter what may be the progress of science, will honest scientific men who have regard for their reputation venture to predict the weather.
-Francois Arago

TORNADO:
Quiet the day, clear the sky,
Winds stir up, something high?
My roof, a drum, roars over me,
A rain of hail-stones falling free.

Crackling staccato, my window's hammered,
Across my lawn, dance stones & clamor.
We drop our work, to center - cluster.
Attentive - Alert, courage we muster. . .

Winds like gales bend the trees,
Lord, save us, the hail the breeze.
How quick it rose, yet soon subside.
Freed from tomb, we step outside.

A resurrection to be alive,
the world transformed - most all survive.
Sunshine glistens through shimmering leaves,
Raindrops drip from ravaged trees.

Upturned leaves, atop the grass,
a motley carpet, - a sight aghast.
Some trees whole, whole trees torn,
He picks which, a sight forlorn. . .

Dominoes fallen, 3 in a line,
Great tall oaks show storm's spline.
5 foot round, a stick to the Lord,
for laboring man, years to restore.

Two years before, we'd storm similar.
Two oaks fell in line perpendicular.
Our land is crossed by mark of scar,
Swats of destruction, born from afar.

The paths of storm's, two lines intersect.
By what chance, Who'd suspect?
-Ted Elden (of June '98 storm through estate)

Dew is formed on leaves when the sun shines down on them and makes them perspire.
-Little kid on a science test

The sky is one of nature's art museums. Its exhibits are constantly changing -- and sometimes they can literally blow the viewer away.
-Howie Bluestein

The only wind and temperature gauges up there's your hind end. But it's pretty accurate.
-Deke Johnson, repairman for Empire State Bldg's rooftop antenna

We're hanging in there. If you're as interested in weather as a meteorologist is, this is what you live for.
-Tom Niziol, NWS Buffalo, buried under almost 7' of snow

Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.
-Henry Ward Beecher

Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'.
-Michael McClary

Before there were weathermen on TV, people had to look out the window.
-Bil Keane, Family Circus