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The birth of the weather forecast

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If you are a history buff, you will enjoy reading about the first official weather forecast, made by Admiral Robert FitzRoy, a well-known mariner who also happened to be the captain of the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin’s ship of discovery.

The key to FitzRoy’s ability to forecast was the development of the telegraph, which allowed him to collect weather data from far away and put it into a coherent picture that made the forecast possible.  You can read the story in BBC Magazine at https://www.bb.c.com/news/magazine-32483678.

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