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meteorology

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The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.

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Perhaps one day earthquakes, hurricanes and financial crashes will all be predictable. But we don't have to wait until then for seismology, meteorology and economics to become sciences; they already are. Eric Maskin

I preferred to use mathematics in some practical fashion and thought that meteorology sounded promising. Clive Granger

One thing I learned from meteorology is that being an actual science was no guarantee of exactness. Kenneth Arrow

I was very fascinated with meteorology at a young age. I lived on the Gulf Coast and hurricanes blew through there. That is the class I failed in college: meteorology. Jim Parsons

About a dozen fires were burning in Western Australia (WA) on Sunday, with severe fire danger expected in several districts, according to fire services and the state's Bureau of Meteorology. Source: Internet

A Bureau of Meteorology spokesman said today’s deteriorating conditions would be worse than New Year’s Eve because the southerly change won’t hit Sydney until midnight — meaning “more time for dangerous heat and wind across the fire sites”. Source: Internet

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