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A meteorologist at work

A meteorologist at work

Aided by powerful computers, weather forecasters predict the sometimes rapid growth and decay of depressions, fronts, thunderstorms and other cloud bands.

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Metservice New Zealand
Photograph by Lindsay Keats

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Erick Brenstrum. 'Weather forecasting', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/weather-forecasting/3/1