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Balloon was actually engaging in some sort of surveillance or spying operation, as distinct from, as the chinese allege, simply gathering weather data. when president biden spoke about the balloon, he was very keen to say that he ordered it to be shot down on wednesday, that that order came from him and that was his initiative. so there is a lot about optics here, isnt there? 0h, very much so. and of course, the president had come under increasing criticism from his republican adversaries for no...

The shooting down of the spy balloon. normal, what does it say? normal operations have resumed in fact those airports. want to go to megan who is standing by for us in london now because i think megan, one of the questions that we have is what is china going to say? what is the response of this whole thing if in fact anything at this point? >> yes, its a great question. we are getting word from china recently today, i mean as you know yasmin, they have been saying that no its not a spy balloon. ...

Formed last year, the Weather Data team is harnessing clouds of information to share a more comprehensive forecast with readers.

What does the rest of the winter have in store for us? The NOAA has issued another updated forecast. Let’s take a look at the maps!

What does the rest of the winter have in store for us? The NOAA has issued another updated forecast. Let’s take a look at the maps!

Space Systems Command believes that "WxDaaS" may become a viable option sometime after fiscal year 2030, said Lt. Col. Joseph Maguadog, but dedicated sats will have to do in the meantime.

Looking at how weather data is collected and used to inform us about how our climate is changing. earlier, i looked at temperature. now were going to turn our attention to rainfall. mike, of course one of the most important types of weather data that is recorded is rainfall, but how do we record rainfall at specific sites and then interpret that to say for instance back on the 3rd of october 2020 it was the uks wettest day on record? so we do monitor it carefully. how do we take those observatio...

You can imagine that makes that problem even worse. back in the day, they were operational fighter planes, werent they, and of course they had to fly in some pretty tricky conditions? exactly that, and you said, you know, the precise words were "they needed to", there was no choice for them. back in the 1940s, flying at night, flying in really challenging conditions, yes, we lost aircrew through no enemy action and just because of the weathers that they were having to fly in. well, they are stun...

The aeroplane behind me on a normal summer day probably from starting the engine on the ground you have eight minutes before she overheats. with the temperatures we have had it makes the problem worse. back in the day they were operational fighter planes and they had to fly in some tricky conditions? exactly, the precise words, they needed to, there was no choice, in the 40s, flying at night and in challenging conditions. we lost aircrew through no enemy action and just because of the weathers t...

Exactly, the precise words they need to, there was no choice, in the 40s, flying at night and in challenging conditions. we lost aircrew through no enemy action and just because of the weather they had to fly in. stunning and as you say national treasures to be looked after. thank you forjoining us. i am here at the national meteorological archive looking at how weather data is collected and used to inform us about how the climate is changing. earlier i looked at temperature but now we look at r...