What explanation methods are used in Seeing the Weather from the Clouds? Examples are given in the original text.

Make analogy, imitate appearance, classify, quote data, list charts and compare.

For example:

Cirrus clouds are constantly floating, sometimes like a white feather, sometimes like a white silk thread. -Like what?

Cumulonimbus clouds will become cumulonimbus clouds if they swell up quickly to form tall Yunshan, and the peaks will compete with each other and go straight to the zenith. -Imitate appearance

In summer, after the rain clears, a colorful arc is often hung on the cloud curtain opposite the sun. This is a rainbow. -Like what?

People often say: "The east rainbow thunders and the west rainbow rains." If the rainbow is in the east, it will thunder and not rain; The rainbow is in the west and there will be heavy rain. -Quote, translation

There is also a kind of white clouds like cotton balls, called cumulus clouds, which are often in the sky about two kilometers. -Column number