* Atmospheres ( TV show ), a former television series on The Weather Channel

** The Weather Channel airs on cable television for the first time.

It was Satcom 1 that was instrumental in helping early cable TV channels such as WTBS ( now TBS Superstation ), HBO, CBN ( now ABC Family ), and The Weather Channel become successful, because these channels distributed their programming to all of the local cable TV headends using the satellite.

The event was captured and filmed by local media and was seen live on national television channels such as The Weather Channel.

The Weather Channel ( TWC ) is an American cable and satellite television network that, since May 2, 1982, broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news, along with entertainment programming related to weather such as Storm Stories, 24 hours a day.

Content from The Weather Channel is available for purchase from the NBCUniversal Archives.

The Weather Channel debuted its high-definition simulcast on September 26, 2007.

The Weather Channel was founded in 1981 by John Coleman and Frank Batten.

The Weather Channel uses special proprietary equipment that inserts local weather forecast and warning information if it is viewed on a cable TV system.

The Weather Channel produces a service based on modified versions of Weather Star technology called Weatherscan, on which a separate channel constantly displays local and regional conditions and forecasts along with the Weather Channel's logo and advertisements.

TWC also runs websites in Brazil ( Canal do Tempo ), the United Kingdom ( Weather Channel ), France ( Météo 123 ) and Germany ( Wetter 123 ).

A definitive history of the network, The Weather Channel: The Improbable Rise of a Media Phenomenon, by Frank Batten and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank, was published by Harvard Business Press in May 2002, on TWC's 20th anniversary.

On January 3, 2008, it was reported that The Weather Channel and its assets were put up for sale by Landmark Communications.

On July 6, 2008, NBC Universal, Bain Capital and Blackstone Group agreed to purchase the Weather Channel from Landmark.

Subchannels carrying Weather Plus have moved to the Local AccuWeather Channel, kept the Weather Plus engine, or switched affiliations ( e. g., to This TV or the Retro Television Network ).

From November 2008 through February 2009, The Weather Channel terminated seven long-time on-camera meteorologists: Kristina Abernathy, Eboni Deon, Kristin Dodd, Rich Johnson, Cheryl Lemke, Mark Mancuso and Dave Schwartz.

In July, 2010, The Weather Channel terminated Bill Keneely, the last of the original on-camera meteorologists who aired on the network's first broadcasts in 1982.

However for New York-based forecasting operations ( those utilized for MSNBC and CNBC forecasts, for instance ), the former NBC Weather Plus forecasting, radar, and graphics systems remain in place, with banners changed to fit the Weather Channel graphics scheme.

On September 10, 2009, the co-founder of The Weather Channel, Frank Batten, died.

Over the years, attempts to broadcast international versions of TWC ( apart from Canada's The Weather Network / MétéoMédia and the Australian version of the Weather Channel ) failed.

Weather systems such as weather radar ( typically Arinc 708 on commercial aircraft ) and lightning detectors are important for aircraft flying at night or in instrument meteorological conditions, where it is not possible for pilots to see the weather ahead.

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ( ECMWF ) is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by 19 European Member States and 15 Co-operating States.

This is especially pronounced due to its location far from any sizeable landmass-Fair Isle has the smallest overall temperature range ( least continental ) of any Weather Station in the British Isles-an absolute maximum of and an absolute minimum of since 1951.

Weather and GW Bridge traffic screen off other influences. Intuitively, this reduction in representation size is achieved simply because each variable depends only on a subset of the other variables.

There is special force in the " Death and the Maiden " panel of 1517 ( Basel ), in the " Weather Witches " ( Frankfurt ), in the monumental panels of " Adam " and " Eve " ( Madrid ), and in his many powerful portraits.

Numerical Weather Prediction is a main focus in understanding air – sea interaction, tropical meteorology, atmospheric predictability, and tropospheric / stratospheric processes.

Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location.

In the United States, the United States Navy's Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command oversees meteorological efforts for the Navy and Marine Corps while the United States Air Force's Air Force Weather Agency is responsible for the Air Force and Army.

In June 1957, The Effects of Nuclear Weapons by Samuel Glasstone was published containing a section entitled " Nuclear Bombs and the Weather " ( pages 69 – 71 ), which states: " The dust raised in severe volcanic eruptions, such as that at Krakatoa in 1883, is known to cause a noticeable reduction in the sunlight reaching the earth ...

* 1950 – 1957: " Any Weather is Pepsi Weather "

The latter is referred to as sleet mainly by the United States National Weather Service.

Weather is sometimes humid.

Weather and logistics are significant factors, although a single army is the largest player-controlled element in most cases.

Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.

Weather refers, generally, to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate is the term for the average atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time.

Weather is driven by density ( temperature and moisture ) differences between one place and another.

Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location.

Weather is one of the fundamental processes that shape the Earth.

Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location.

Weather is not limited to planetary bodies.

** A weather map is televised for the first time, sent from NAA Arlington to the Weather Bureau Office in Washington, D. C.

* February 9 – The Army Weather Bureau ( within the Army Signal Corps ) is created.

A waterspout is defined by the National Weather Service as a tornado over water.