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9 July 2009
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Weather A-Z by Bill Giles OBE

Bill Giles takes us on an alphabetical tour of all things meteorological. Each week we look at a new feature, from animals who sense the weather before we do, to rainbows and Zulu time.

There are three subjects to mull over for each letter. You can either pick a letter, or chose from the list below:

- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q U R S T U V W X Y Z -

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A: Agriculture Avalanches Animals	B: Barometers Beaufort Scale Broadcasting	C: Cruising Cyclones Clouds

D: Deserts Deforestation Deluges	E: Ensemble Forecasts European Winds ECMWF	F: Fog Forecasting Frost
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G: Greenhouse Effect General Wind Circulation Global Warming	H: Hail History High Pressure	I: Ice Indexing Inversions
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J: Jetstreams part 1 Jetstreams part 2 Jungles	K: Katabatic Winds The Khamsin Kite Flying	L: Lapse Rates Lightning Low Pressure
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M: Monsoons Mediterranean Climates Meteosat	N: North Atlantic Oscillation National Hurricane Center Nacreous and Noctilucent Clouds	O: Orographic Uplift Observations Ozone
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P: Proverbs Polar Lows Probability Forecasting	Q: Quicksilver Quietness Quasi-stationary Fronts	R: Rain Relative Humidity Radar
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S: Sun Snow Sea Breezes	T: Temperature Scales Thunderstorms Tornadoes	U: Urban Heat Islands Umbrellas Ultra Violet Light
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V: Volcanoes Visibility Vegetables	W: Water Waterspouts Windchill	X: eXtremes eXposure Xerophytes
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Y: Yachting The Year The Yoruba People	Z: Zulu Time Zoological Gardens Zonal Flow
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