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10 unusual facts about Weather forecasting


David K. Hoadley

A meticulous record keeper, Hoadley taught himself meteorology and developed a pattern recognition based forecasting method, primarily using surface data.

Des Coleman

In 2007 he became the weatherman for BBC's East Midlands Today but was sacked in 2011 for breaching on-air guidelines.

Great Lakes Storm of 1913

The weather forecast in The Detroit News called for "moderate to brisk" winds for the Great Lakes, with occasional rains Thursday night or Friday for the upper lakes (except on southern Lake Huron), and fair to unsettled conditions for the lower lakes.

Jackie Johnson

Jacqueline "Jackie" Johnson (born January 23, 1978) is an American weather forecaster and television personality for KCBS-TV news at 5, 6 and 11 PM in Los Angeles, California.

Moisture advection

However, water vapor content is usually measured in terms of mixing ratio (mass fraction) in reanalyses or dew point (temperature to partial vapor pressure saturation, i.e. relative humidity to 100%) in operational forecasting.

Nina Conti

Conti and Monk portrayed a morning weather team on the fictional "Wake Up L.A." in Christopher Guest's 2006 film, For Your Consideration.

Pam Royle

On returning to England she joined Tyne Tees Television in 1983 as a weather presenter.

The Smiley Morning Show

A weather forecaster for many stations across Indiana as well as, the Smiley Morning Show.

Weather report

Weather forecasting, the application of science and technology to predict the weather

Welcome to New York

The show starred Jim Gaffigan, who played a weatherman from Fort Wayne, Indiana, who then moved to New York and worked as a meteorologist for fictional morning news show called "AM New York".


Robert C. Miller

Col. Robert C. Miller, USAF (b. 1920, d. 1998), was an American meteorologist, who pioneered severe convective storms forecasting and applied research, developing an empirical forecasting method, identifying many features associated with severe thunderstorms, a forecast checklist and manuals, and is known for the first official tornado forecast (1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes), and it verified, in 1948.

The Weather Cast

The channel was devoted solely to weather forecasts from across the United States, and was a direct competitor to The Weather Channel (owned by NBC Universal, Bain Capital, and Blackstone Group).

Vanessa Collingridge

After graduating, Collingridge moved immediately to a career in television, first as a question checker on game shows Wheel of Fortune and Win, Lose or Draw, and then for 14 months as a weathergirl on BBC Scotland.

Weer en Verkeer

Weer en Verkeer (in English Weather and Traffic Channel) was a television channel in the Netherlands broadcasting weather forecasts, weather-related news and traffic information.

WYDC

All weather forecasts are provided through an outsourcing agreement by WeatherVision of Jackson, Mississippi.