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The Tempest Prognosticator 1951 Festival of Britain Replica Tempest Prognosticator. 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 ...
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 ...
Climate data for Key West Int'l, Florida (1991–2020 normals, [a] extremes 1872−present) [b]; Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °F (°C)
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In areas closer to the Big Bend such as Steinhatchee, storm surge reached up to 9.63 feet (2.94 m), while areas as far south as Key West experienced storm surge of 1 to 3 feet (0.30 to 0.91 m). [216] [217] In total, around 1.3 million people lost power in the state, and 26 fatalities were reported. [218] [219] [220]
With bad weather on 5 June the operation was postponed for a day to 6 June, and then a slight break in the weather was predicted. As many ships had to depart one or two days beforehand some were held at sea. The bad weather had led German commanders to rule out an invasion then, so the Allied landings took them by surprise. [25] [17]