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Nov 2015
24m 46s

How do meteorologists predict the weathe...

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There’s all sorts of weather happening right now around the world. Rain, sun, wind, snow… you name it, somewhere it’s happening. It may seem hard to keep track of it all, but scientists have it figured out. We’ll find out how they collect data on weather around the globe and turn it into a forecast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 
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