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What Can  You Learn from an Incident Meteorologist?

What Can You Learn from an Incident Meteorologist?

Update: 2024-05-28
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Have you ever wondered how firefighters keep track of where a wildfire is heading? They use incident meteorologists to help them understand how the winds, temperature, and precipitation affect the movement of the wildfire. Our guest, Jon Fox, an incident meteorologist with NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explains how it works.

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This week's challenge is to get the 7-day forecast from your local weather station. Keep track of the weather that week. See if they match.   

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What Can  You Learn from an Incident Meteorologist?

What Can You Learn from an Incident Meteorologist?

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