The word Meteorology has Greek roots. Greek Philosopher Aristotle wrote some papers on the physical world around 340 b.c. His writings of wind, rain, and lightning were not accurate, but the title of the writings, "Meteorologica", survived through history. The Greeks referred to anything falling from the sky as a meteor.
The modern day definition for Meteorology is the study of the atmosphere and Hydrometeors. Hydrometeors are any form of condensed water vapor, suspended or falling from the atmosphere. These include rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog, ice fog, mist, ice crystals, ice pellets, or snow pellets (soft hail, graupel).
