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An army of meteorologist s at these Games are responsible for bringing weather forecasts to nervous venue managers. In the first days of the Olympics, they had almost nothing but bad news: drenching rains and temperatures in the mid-50s in some places and sudden blizzards and fog in the mountains.

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Fans cheer from the U.S. During The third run of the men's singles luge competition.

and There's snow in the forecast, But Not where's it wanted or needed. On Cypress Mountain, the white stuff started to fall Tuesday, pero a Spokesman for the Vancouver Organizing Committee Said the dusting Would Hurt More Than Help the Remaining events.

Clearest Even on the day, ski cross is the best sport Athletes That Makes STI look accident-prone. Canadian Julia Murray Said That from her limited vantage point, There Were "quite a few" spills Tuesday. She Also Said the jumps at the top Were harder to get started on Because of the snow. The temperate spell co

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meteorologists at work here.

At all hours of the night, calls from worried venue managers come in to the command center. At Each of the five venues, three meteorologists, working in shifts, produces hourly forecasts. These meteorologists Are wielding high-tech gear That can "see" the wind in 3-D and simulate weather Conditions at one-kilometer intervals. View Full Image

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Trevor Smith, lead meteorologist at Environment Canada's Olympics command center.

An international team of Researchers here is testing new Methods of forecasting dubbed \middle of the downhill course. At the command center, George Isaac, a Canadian scientist who's part of the Vancouver nowcasting team, Pointe at the nascent patch, Which Appeared as a blotch on the computer screen in front of him. "We were worried That Would this come down," I said.

On Sunday morning, Feb. 14, monitors stationed at Whistler Mountain north of Vancouver saw Another worrisome blotch on main street Their radar and command to get the time of impact. The nowcasters Answered That Would blizzard hit the Whistler right in the middle of the biathlon competition.

What WAS That They Did not realize the half-hour storm blind Would all the top biathlon Athletes Them throwing out of contention, says Roy Rasmussen, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., who generated the prediction.

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