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  2. Tempest prognosticator - Wikipedia

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    The tempest prognosticator, also known as the leech barometer, is a 19th-century invention by George Merryweather in which leeches are used in a barometer. The twelve leeches are kept in small bottles inside the device; when they become agitated by an approaching storm, they attempt to climb out of the bottles and trigger a small hammer which ...

  3. George Merryweather - Wikipedia

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    His best-known invention was the Tempest Prognosticator—a weather predicting device also called "The Leech Barometer". [2] It consists of twelve glass bottles containing leeches, which, when disturbed by the atmospheric conditions preceding a storm, climb upwards, triggering a small whalebone hammer which rings a bell. Merryweather referred ...

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  5. Merryweather - Wikipedia

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    George Merryweather (1794–1870), English inventor of the tempest prognosticator, a leech-based weather predicting gadget; James Merryweather (1929–2000), English cricketer; John Merryweather (1932–2019), Aruban landscape architect and politician; Julian Merryweather (born 1991), American baseball player

  6. Thanksgiving weather forecast maps show snowstorms ... - AOL

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    Winter storm weather is forecast to bring snow to different parts of the country in the days around Thanksgiving 2024, potentially interrupting travel.

  7. Bitter cold winter temperatures are on their way out, but ...

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    Overall, the weather service said that as much as 2 additional feet of new snow is possible near the eastern shore of Lake Ontario through Saturday. Lighter snowfall amounts are expected elsewhere ...

  8. Thanksgiving forecast: Where weather may cook up holiday ...

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    Forecasters say the lack of sustained cold air across the country could mean more rain than snow for locations such as the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, mid-Atlantic region and Northeast this week.

  9. Weather forecasting - Wikipedia

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    The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-062-36861-4. Ian Roulstone & John Norbury (2013). Invisible in the Storm: the role of mathematics in understanding weather. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691152721.