'Control' doesn't mean 'check' in English, though it does in some European languages. Controlar (Sp) , controllare (It). You can watch the weather. Tracking is for something specific, eg. you can track a cyclone, hurricane, tornado...
If you want to use check, you'd have to keep checking it.
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