{"id":1796,"date":"2015-01-19T09:52:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T14:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2015-01-19T10:01:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T15:01:56","slug":"a-history-of-weather-forecasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/01\/a-history-of-weather-forecasting\/","title":{"rendered":"A history of weather forecasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you enjoy reading about history as much as I do, you will be fascinated about this brief history of weather forecasting put together by Chris Robbins, who runs iWeatherNet.com. \u00a0Official weather forecasts have been produced by meteorologists for well over 100 years, first by the US Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau and now by the NOAA National Weather Service and countless private forecasting firms, who us NWS weather data and model calculations to provide their own local and specialized forecasts. \u00a0The history can be found at\u00a0<a title=\"History of weather forecasting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iweathernet.com\/educational\/history-weather-forecasting\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.iweathernet.com\/educational\/history-weather-forecasting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/1897-weather-forecast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1799\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/1897-weather-forecast-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"1897-weather-forecast\" width=\"402\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/1897-weather-forecast-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/1897-weather-forecast-270x138.jpg 270w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/1897-weather-forecast.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/19th-century-weather-map-1873-1024x716.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1800\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/19th-century-weather-map-1873-1024x716-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"19th-century-weather-map-1873-1024x716\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/19th-century-weather-map-1873-1024x716-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/19th-century-weather-map-1873-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/19th-century-weather-map-1873-1024x716-197x138.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1797\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/us-weather-bureau-1898.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1797\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/us-weather-bureau-1898-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Commons Wikimedia\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/us-weather-bureau-1898-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/us-weather-bureau-1898-200x138.jpg 200w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/us-weather-bureau-1898.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1898 US Weather Bureau headquarters. \u00a0Source: Commons Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you enjoy reading about history as much as I do, you will be fascinated about this brief history of weather forecasting put together by Chris Robbins, who runs iWeatherNet.com. \u00a0Official weather forecasts have been produced by meteorologists for well over 100 years, first by the US Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau and now by 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