weather-wise

English

Etymology 1

From weather + wise (“having wisdom”)

Adjective

weather-wise (comparative more weather-wise, superlative most weather-wise)

1. Skilled in predicting changes in the weather.
2. Skilled in predicting changes in conditions, such as of public opinion.

Etymology 2

From weather + wise (“way, manner”)

Alternative forms

• weatherwise

Adverb

weather-wise (comparative more weather-wise, superlative most weather-wise)

1. (domain) With respect to weather.
   • 2000, Wayne Johnston, Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir‎:

     Newfoundland is at the end of the line weather-wise, the last stop for storms that come across the continent or up the Atlantic seaboard