  Various aspects of modern statistical physics and meteorology can be tied
together. Critical comments have to be made. However, the historical importance
of the University of Wroclaw in the field of meteorology should be first
pointed out. Next, some basic difference about time and space scales between
meteorology and climatology can be outlined. The nature and role of clouds both
from a geometric and thermal point of view are recalled. Recent studies of
scaling laws for atmospheric variables are mentioned, like studies on cirrus
ice content, brightness temperature, liquid water path fluctuations, cloud base
height fluctuations, .... Technical time series analysis approaches based on
modern statistical physics considerations are outlined.
