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Kinter, James - Director
IS A STUDY OF THE STATISTICS OF WEATHER. A LOT OF PEOPLE CONFUSE WEATHER AND CLIMATE. THEY TENDED TO THINK OF CLIMATE IS JUST THE SAME THING AS WEATHER....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE INFORMATION? GUEST: THERE IS
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Kinter, James - Director
A LOT OF DATA COLLECTED. WE HAVE AN APPARATUS A CLASSIC MCCULLOH, BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND -- AND APPARATUS ACROSS THE GLOBE, BOTH IN THE UNITED...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WHAT GOVERNMENT DECISIONS ARE MADE BASED ON THE INFORMATION? GUEST: YOU HAVE THE
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Kinter, James - Director
REASON EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT, HURRICANE IRENE -- RECENT EVENTS EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT, HURRICANE IRENE. THE DATA IS GATHERED AND PUT INTO...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CLIMATE DYNAMICS AND HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM CLIMATOLOGY? GUEST: THEY ARE VERY
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Kinter, James - Director
SIMILAR, OF COURSE. THEY ARE BOTH THE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES. IN THE CASE OF CLIMATOLOGY, WE ARE THINKING OF A LONG-TERM STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIPS. IN THE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN CLIMATE AND WEATHER? -- WHY DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN CLIMATE AND WEATHER?
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Kinter, James - Director
GUEST: THERE WAS A FAMOUS QUOTATION FROM A PROFESSOR AT MIT THAT WEATHER IS WHAT YOU GET AN CLIMATE IS WHAT YOU EXPECT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE W -- LOOK...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WHAT AGENCIES PARTAKE IN IT? GUEST: THE PRINCIPAL
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Kinter, James - Director
AGENCY IS NOAA, THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION AND THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE OCEANS, AND THEY ARE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GATHER? -- WHAT IS DONE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GATHER? GUEST: WE HAVE A
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Kinter, James - Director
SCHOLARLY PAPERS, SO ALL OF OUR WORK EVENTUALLY IS DESCRIBED IN A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL, WHICH IS PE ER-REVIEWED BY OTHER SCIENTISTS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
FROM "THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR." EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. GUEST: IN THE
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Kinter, James - Director
CASE OF HURRICANES, WE HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL OBSERVATIONAL PROBLEM. IS A BAD PLACE TO GO. IF YOU WANT TO LAUNCH A WEATHER AT BELLONA OR SOMETHING IN THE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THAT WAS A CRITICISM WITH HURRICANE IRENE, THAT SCIENTISTS COULD SAY IT IS HEADING TOWARDS A NEW YORK, THIS IS ITS PATH, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS...
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Kinter, James - Director
SHOULD SAY, IN MY OPINION, THE FORECAST FOR HURRICANE IRENE WAS SPECTACULAR. THE TRACK WAS PREDICTED VERY TIGHTLY MANY, MANY DAYS IN ADVANCE. IF YOU...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IF YOU LOOK AT HOW STORMTRACKER'S PRECISION HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS -- "IN 1970, FORECASTERS PREDICT THAT FALL TO WITHIN FOUR HUNDRED MILES THREE DAYS...
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Kinter, James - Director
FROM THE BIBLE, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW. IT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECT. WE ARE SEEING A STEADY, UNFORTUNATELY A BIT SLOWER THAN WE LIKE, PROGRESS TO GETTING...
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| 00:09:05 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
LINES ALONG REGION HERE. WE HEAR FROM VICKY 1ST IN FLORIDA GUES. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING TRADE FIRST TIME CALLER. HOST:
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WELCOME. CALLER: I LOVE AND
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CALLER, -
C-SPAN. I AM SO HAPPY THAT A TOPIC LIKE THIS IS ON C-SPAN. I WISH THAT THE TOPIC IT COULD ALSO BE, IN OUR LOCAL WEATHER CHANNELS, AND AGITATING THE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
SHE'S TALKING ABOUT? GUEST:
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Kinter, James - Director
NO, I DON'T. HOST: CAN YOU EXPLAIN GRIDS
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
A LITTLE MORE? GUEST:
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Kinter, James - Director
I KNOW IN VIETNAM THEY HAD THIS WEATHER WARFARE. THE HISTORY CHANNEL HAD THIS PROGRAM ABOUT WHAT WAS BEING MADE, AND CERTAIN COUNTRIES BUILD THEM. I APOLOGIZE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
JAMES KINTER?
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Kinter, James - Director
GUEST: I AM NOT ENTIRELY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THERE IS A HISTORY OF WEATHER MODIFICATION RESEARCH THAT HAS GONE ON. THE MILITARY...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TWEET. GUEST: I
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Kinter, James - Director
THINK A FIVE DEGREES IS PROBABLY QUITE A LARGE NUMBER AND NOT REALISTIC. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE STUDYING THAT. THAT IS NOT REALLY WEATHER, A PROBLEM....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: IT DOES NOT IMPACT CLIMATE AND WEATHER?
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Kinter, James - Director
GUEST: PROBABLY IN HIS GOAL FACT. -- PROBABLY A MINUSCULE EFFECT.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: GREG. CALLER: IT IS
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CALLER, -
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE GOVERNMENT BODIES THAT HELP US TRACK CLIMATE PHENOMENON AND ISSUES THAT RELATE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, LIKE NOAA AND OTHERS, ARE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IN CALIFORNIA. HERE IS A TWEET.
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Kinter, James - Director
GUEST: SURE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE GET ASKED A LOT ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE DOING ON CLIMATE PREDICTION, CLIMATE PREDICTABILITY, FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, IS...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE STUDY OF PROBABILITY AND VARIABLES?
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Kinter, James - Director
GUEST: EXACTLY. WE HAVE TO WAIT AWHILE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE CLIMATE HAS CHANGED. WE COLLECT STATISTICS, WE CONSTRUCT THE DISTRIBUTION TO TELL US...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
NORTH CAROLINA. MORNING, CATHERINE. CATHERINE? NORTH CAROLINA. ALL RIGHT, I WILL MOVE ON TO WILL IN OREGON. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING, C-SPAN AND "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." HOST: WE'RE
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
LISTENING, WILL.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON WHAT THE LADY FROM FLORIDA WAS TALKING ABOUT. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE HARP, A PROJECT IN ALASKA. I AM VERY DISTURBED...
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Kinter, James - Director
YOU BROUGHT UP AT POINT. IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY. THERE SEEMS TO BE WHAT PEOPLE IN THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY CALLED A LEAKY PIPELINE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
JOE, WASHINGTON, D.C. CALLER: TWO QUICK
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CALLER, -
QUESTIONS. FIRST, WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR IN CLIMATOLOGY SECOND, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WILL THE FORCED DISCRETIONARY BUDGET CUTS HAVE...
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Kinter, James - Director
THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE WEATHER WORLD. YOU CAN PROBABLY NAMED SEVERAL PRIVATE COMPANIES YOURSELF THAT ARE VERY OBVIOUSLY APPARENT IN...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ALABAMA. CALLER: WE HAVE
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CALLER, -
HEARD LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF EL NINO AND LA NINA AND THE PRESENCE OF HURRICANES ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. THIS YEAR I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING...
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Kinter, James - Director
A ROUTINE SAID PREDICTIONS HAVE COME OUT FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NO WAY, THAT RELATES EL NINO, LA NINA, TO HURRICANES...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
NEXT WHEN IT COMES TO LA NINA AND ALL THAT? WHAT IS THE PREDICTION FOR THE FUTURE ON THESE WEATHER PATTERNS? GUEST: WE HAVE
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Kinter, James - Director
THE ABILITY TO PROTECT EL NINO WITH SEVERAL MONTHS LEAD WITH SOME ARE ON THE ORDER OF THE 70% ACCURACY. EL NINO TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE DEPENDENT ON WHETHER...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IN WASHINGTON. CALLER: I WENT TO
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CALLER, -
THE SEATTLE AREA IN 1995 AND WORKED FOR A BIG ASPHALT COMPANY. I SAID, "WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO FORECAST THE WEATHER AROUND HERE?" I"IF THERE IS NOT RAIN,...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: [LAUGHTER] GUEST: IN METEOROLOGY
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Kinter, James - Director
CIRCLES, WEEK YOU PERSISTENCE AS THE BEST WORK -- GAS. -- WE VIEW PERSISTENCE OF THE BEST FORECAST. WHATEVER IS HAPPENING TODAY, YOU OUGHT TO EXPECT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TEXAS. CALLER: A COUPLE OF
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CALLER, -
CALLS ABOUT HARP AND TIM TRAIL. I'M WONDERING IF YOU KNEW WHAT WAS IN THE KINTER A LITTLE BIT IF WE PAY MORE CARBON TAXES, WILL HURRICANES AND TORNADOES...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
AWAY? HOST: [LAUGHTER] GUEST: I DON'T KNOW A
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Kinter, James - Director
LOT ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE CHEMISTRY PROGRAMS PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT. THE ANSWER TO THE SECOND QUESTION IS A RESOUNDING NO. WE WILL SEEK HURRICANES AND TORNADOES...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ALABAMA, WILL COME TO THE CONVERSATION. CALLER: I
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CALLER, -
AM CURIOUS, ARE YOU DOING STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF WEATHER DUE TO THE BP OIL SPILL? THIS LAST WINTER AND SPRING, WHERE I AM AT, WE RARELY GET SNOW,...
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Kinter, James - Director
RELATION BETWEEN THE BP OIL SPILL AND TORNADOES, PROBABLY NOT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS THIS NOTION THAT IF YOU PERTURB OR ALTER CONDITIONS ON THE EARTH'S...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A TREND IN THE WEATHER, LIKE HURRICANES AND TORNADOES, AND JUST A STRING OF BAD WEATHER? GUEST:
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Kinter, James - Director
NO WEATHER IS THAT WEATHER -- BAD WEATHER --
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: [LAUGHTER] GUEST:
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Kinter, James - Director
NO VALUE JUDGMENTS HERE. I THINK WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS EXTREME WEATHER, AND HURRICANE IRENE OR THE TORNADO OUTBREAK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT -- WHAT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
AHEAD, ROBERT. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
I ENCOURAGE LISTENERS TO GO TO THEIR LIBRARIES AND CHECK OUT DVD'S ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AND IF AT THE LIBRARY'S DON'T HAVE THEM, BUY THEM. "SIX DEGREES"...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
KINTER, YOU ARE SHAKING YOUR HEAD. GUEST: WHAT
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Kinter, James - Director
YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS A SERIES OF MITIGATION ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. IT IS ALSO CALLED THE DEAL ENGINEERING...
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| 00:31:55 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IN ILLINOIS, YOU ARE ON THE AIR WITH JAMES KINTER. CALLER: I AM A FARMER
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CALLER, -
IN THE MIDWEST, AND I HEARD ON THE NEWS THE OTHER DAY THAT WENT THE HURRICANE CAME THROUGH, THEY CLOSED CLOSE TO 2000 JET FLIGHTS. I WONDER IF THERE...
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Kinter, James - Director
OF INTERESTING POINTS. IT WAS A SORT OF FORTUITOUSLY FOR METEOROLOGIST AND HORRIBLY FOR THE NATION, THE EXPERIMENT OF SEEING WHAT HAPPENS WITH AIRPLANES...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TWITTER. GUEST: AH -- CAUSES --
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Kinter, James - Director
YOU THINK OF.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: [LAUGHTER] I AM NOT SURE WHAT HE IS REFERRING TO. WHAT OTHER CAUSES ARE THERE?
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| 00:35:26 |
Kinter, James - Director
GUEST: OF CLIMATE CHANGE? CIVILIZATION DEPENDS ON THE CLIMATE BEING VERY, VERY STABLE, AS IT HAS BEEN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. WE ARE IN A PERIOD THAT...
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| 00:37:12 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TAMPA, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR
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CALLER, -
SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH US. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE EFFECTS OF OUR OFARE OF THE PH LEVELS IN THE OCEAN? GUEST: THE
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Kinter, James - Director
INCREASING CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE IS ONLY HALF OF THE ISSUE WITH CARBON DIOXIDE. AS WE CONTINUE TO PUMP CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER OF OCEAN- LINE-ATMOSPHERE STUDIES, ALSO A CLIMATE DYNAMICS PROFESSOR AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY. ONE LAST ON CALL ON CLIMATOLOGY....
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Kinter, James - Director
QUESTIONS HERE. THE GLOBAL COOLING IDEA, WHICH WAS PREVALENT IN THE 1970'S, HAD TO DO WITH A LIST OF THE SHORT- LIVED -- A RELATIVELY SHORT- LIVED DIP...
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| 00:41:59 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
SERIES ON TRACKING THE WEATHER. WE WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW. THEN TOMORROW WE WILL WRAP UP WITH THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THAT IS IT...
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