Word: weathering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After years of listening to the lament "It isn't the heat, it's the humidity," the U.S. Weather Bureau has finally decided to warn-or at least try to warn-people when a particularly sticky day is in the offing. By the time next summer's heat and humidity come along, the forecaster will have a "discomfort index" that combines both the air's temperature and the amount of moisture in it. Under the formula, explains Climatologist Earl C. Thorn, a discomfort figure of 75 might mean 80° temperature and 60% relative humidity...
NORTHROP AIRCRAFT will develop light, cheaper, all-weather fighter (N-156F) for allies under Air Force contract. Plane is simpler to maintain, easier to fly than standard U.S. fighters...
...Bell Telephone Science Series (NBC, 6-7 p.m.). A repeat of Producer Frank Capra's superb color film on weather, The Unchained Goddess...
...Jazz, news, sports, and weather with Steve Trivers...
...Jazz, news, sports, and the weather, with Steve Trivers