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National Weatherman's Day - Thursday February 5

by Amy Judd | February 5, 2009 at 08:47 am

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Today, Thursday February 5, is National Weatherman's Day - a day to honour the men and women who go to work everyday to tell us what the weather is going to be like and what is predicted in the forecast.

They gather their raw data, analyze it, study the patterns and make a prediction as to what will happen to our weather systems.

Thursday, February 5 is National Weatherman's Day, commemorating the birth of John Jeffries in 1744. Jeffries, one of America's first weather observers, began taking daily weather observations in Boston in 1774 and he took the first balloon observation in 1784. This is a day to recognize the men and women who collectively provide Americans with the best weather, water, and climate forecasts and warning services of any nation.

So don't forget to take a minute to watch your local forecast today, and appreciate what these people do in our daily lives.

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poundsdwayne47

at 13:05 on February 5th, 2009

Well, That's News 4 St. Louis Meteorologist Steve Templeton it was at the 4 Warn Weather Center in 2007 at KMOV

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chenowethp

at 14:27 on February 5th, 2009

This image is a screen capture of the live weather radar broadcast from WKRN News2 in Nashville, Tennessee where Jeff Ray is the energetic morning meteorologist. On the morning of January 28, 2009 the threat of snow during bus-route hours resulted in a countywide school closing.

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