Grant talks about two other weather-related terms, frontogenesis and aeromancy. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Frontogenesis”
Well, here’s a weather term, Martha. This one sounds so made up, but apparently it’s legitimate.
I mean, all words are made up, right? But some just are kind of goofy and somebody was stunting a little bit and performing.
The formation or intensification of a meteorological front is called frontogenesis.
Frontogenesis.
Doesn’t that sound wrong? First of all, you’re mixing your etymological roots there. Frontogenesis. You can’t do that.
That’s right. Everybody knows frontogenesis is in the beginning.
Well, yeah, it’s in front of the beginning.
That doesn’t work, but that’s what they call it, apparently.
Frontogenesis, who knew?
It’s the guys who practice aeromancy who use that term.
Aeromancy.
Yeah.
Meteor.
That’s nice.
Prognostication, aeromancy, right?
I thought that was when you were trying to figure out when your flight’s going to come in.
No, no, aeromancy is forecasting changes in the weather.
Okay, nice, aeromancy.
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