The Weather Experiment

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Peter Moore - The Weather Experiment: Prognostications and Forecasts

Prognostications and Forecasts

Peter Moore - The Weather Experiment

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Peter Moore - The Weather Experiment, Prognostications and Forecasts

Peter Moore relates the weather forecast's controversial beginnings.

Peter Moore's account of the quest to understand the weather: Robert FitzRoy and weather forecasting. Read by Tim McMullan.

The first forecasts prove controversial among the scientific community, and Robert FitzRoy's reputation is threatened. 

Peter Moore's vivid account of the 19th century quest to understand the weather. 

Concluded by Tim McMullan.

Abridged by Sara Davies

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2015.

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Peter Moore's lively account of the adventurous quest to understand the weather.

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