Exercise 54. Complete the sentences using the information from the text

1. George Cowling was assisted by….

2. George Cowling worked in ….

3. In 1973 a new powerful computer produced ….

4. In the following years new more powerful computers were installed to ….

5. More recently, in 2008 the Met Office upgraded to the next-generation supercomputer, which ….

6. The forecast information flowed directly from the Met Office with ….

7. Weatherscape XT produces ….

8. In 2006, BBC Weather embarked on a series of audience research studies into ….

9. The 2009 redesign brought….

Exercise 55. Look up for more information in additional sources if necessary. Answer the questions.

1. When was weather forecast first?

2. When did the era of weather forecast on TV begin? How did they forecast the weather

3. What brought changes to the technics of forecasting?

4. What is a supercomputer? What was the first supercomputer an Met Office HQ?

5. Follow the evolution of the supercomputers that model weather.

6. How did the accuracy change?

7. When did BBC launch their website? What were the disadvantages of the first websites?

8. Why did BBC Weather have an opinion poll? What was the result of it?

9. How did the website change in 2009?

Exercise 56. Write out all the dates from the text. Look at the structural pattern below. Analyse it. Make up your own sentences using the pattern and the information from the text.

It was not until 1973 that the biggest single increase in accuracy was seen. – Только в 1973 году появилось заметное улучшение в точности прогнозов.