It also said that " severe gaps" in weather observations, especially in Africa, were making early warning systems less effective.

世界气象组织还表示，在气象观测方面，各国也存在巨大差距，尤其是非洲，这也减弱了预先警报系统的效力。

This permits scientists to accurately map their observations no matter the weather or time of day and to cover large areas far more quickly than before.

这使得科学家能够准确地绘制他们的观测地图，无论天气或一天中的时间如何，并比以前更快地覆盖大面积区域。

This increasing ability to measure factors related to weather helped scientists to understand the atmosphere and its processes better, and they started collecting weather observation data systematically.

不断增强的测量与气候有关的因素的能力帮助科学家更好的理解大气以及整个过程，他们开始系统性地收集气候观测数据。

Alongside this, though, in the Middle Ages weather observations were passed on in the form of proverbs, such as 'Red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning'.

但是除此之外，在中世纪的时候，气候观测主要以谚语的形式流传，比如说“傍晚天红，牧羊人高兴；早晨天红，牧羊人当心。”