A weather ship was a ship stationed in mid-ocean to make meteorological observations for weather forecasting. Since the 1960s this role has been superseded by satellites and long range aircraft.
thus have problems going one step further and turning an area of disorganised (model) convection into an organised self-sustaining polar low/trough, where upper troughs are not the primary forcing mechanism. The one remaining Norwegian weather ship, ...
See also: Water, Meteor, Weather, Observation, Sonde
 
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