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| Domain | Definitions |
Geography | Supply of meteorological information for the furthering of the safety, regularity, economy, and efficiency of transport by road, rail, sea and air, public works, agriculture, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Weather Bureau |
| English words defined with "weather bureau": The signal service. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "weather bureau": Congressional Organic Act of 1890 ♦ Eppley pyrheliometer ♦ silver-disk pyrheliometer ♦ Weather. (references) |
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 | Village of Attu on Attu Island. Attu was one of two Aleutian islands captured by Japanese forces during the Second World War. A tragedy occurred here as the Weather Bureau observer and his wife attempted suicide during the Japanese invasion. The observer succeeded but his wife survived and was incarcerated for the duration of the war. F&WS B-50338.Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Weather Bureau DC-6 39C in flight.Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
 | TIROS II ready for launch. This satellite was launched on November 23, 1960. Launch vehicle was a Thor-Delta rocket that placed the satellite in an inclined orbit (50 degrees to Equator) at about 420 nautical miles. Cover of "Weather Bureau Topics" for November 1960.Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | An automatic picture transmission (APT) receiving antenna mounted on the top of the Weather Bureau National Weather Satellite Center. This was an eight-turn, helical, 14-foot long antenna.Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | Photographs received from TIROS I on second orbit showed Gulf of St. Lawrence and St. Lawrence River to the left. Gray areas in Gulf were interpreted to be ice by Dr. Harry Wexler of the Weather Bureau. This was first interpretation of sea ice, a major function of satellite imaging today. Monthly Weather Review, May 1960, p. 182.Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | H.R. Patrick with two other men of the U.S. Weather Bureau and kites, Marquette, Michigan.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Men working in Weather Bureau office, 24th & M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Child standing on snow gauge of the Weather Bureau.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Left side view of the 1900 Wright glider before installation of forward horizontal control surface, flying as a kite, tipped forward; Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station and Weather Bureau buildings in background to the left.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Long-range view of the Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station and Weather Bureau Station.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expression using "weather bureau": South African Weather Bureau. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
weather bureau | 56 |
us weather bureau | 38 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "weather bureau"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zyra meteorologjike kombëtare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | метеорологична служба (weather-service). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vejrtjeneste (aeronautical meteorological office, meteorological office). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | weerkundige dienst (meteorological office). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sääpalvelulaitos (meteorological office). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | service météorologique, office météorologique, bureau météorologique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wetterdienst (weather service), Wetteramt (meteorological office). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μετεωρολογική υπηρεσία (meteorological office). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | meteorológiai intézet, időjárástani intézet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ufficio meteorologico (meteorological office), servizio meteorologico (meteorological office). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 天気相談所 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | てんきそうだんしょ, てんきそうだんじょ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Oik ny h-Emshir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eatherway ureaubay serviço meteorológico (meteorological office), estação meteorológica (weatherstation), centro de difusão meteorológica (meteorological office). (various references) бюро погоды (weather-bureau). (various references) metereološka stanica. (various references) servicio meteorológico (meteorological office), oficina Meteorológica (aeronautical meteorological office, meteorological office). (various references) väderlekstjänst (meteorological office). (various references) metoroloji dairesi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-e-h-r-r-t-u-u-w" | |
-5 letters: aweather, breather, hetaerae, reheater, urethrae, wheatear. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 65 61 74 68 65 72 42 75 72 65 61 75 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100101 01100001 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000010 01110101 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W e a t h e r   B u r e a u |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0065 0061 0074 0068 0065 0072 0042 0075 0072 0065 0061 0075 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)577167867471842368784716787 |
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