Word: weathers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York City's International Airport one day last week, the official report was that the visibility and ceiling were unlimited, and the wind on the surface was blowing from the north at a mild 11 m.p.h. But Louis Harmantas, the Weather Bureau's chief meteorologist at the airport, had a very different report on the invisible weather six miles up. There the wind was roaring out of the south-southwest at 104 m.p.h. At the same altitude and about 100 miles east-southeast of the airport, the great jet stream itself, flanked by belts of turbulence, hurtled toward...
...normal ceiling is in the quieter air below 20,000 ft. But the great new jetliners cruise most efficiently in the high, thin air above. Their crews and dispatchers need detailed, fresh information about the tremendous high-altitude winds that crisscross the middle latitudes. To meet their need, the Weather Bureau has announced plans for a new high-altitude forecasting service, hoped to have it in full operation in time for next month's start of jetliner service across...
Travel conditions for the holidays hinge on a threatening strike at American Airlines that could seriously crowd railroads and other airlines. The weather is expected not to hinder road conditions in the Northeast...
...extra cars will be added to the regular holiday runs of the New Haven Railroad even in the event of a strike or worse weather conditions. A representative admitted "the situation is terrible" and could become a "holocaust" if traffic is diverted from the airlines to the N.Y.N.H. & H. R.R. He claimed costs and equipment do not allow an increase in cars even if desperately needed...
Rothenberg attributed some of the unfilled pledges to a rash of colds and sore throats precipitated by bad weather during the drive. He felt that others simply did not want to give blood, or else were afraid...