Understand Weather Forecast

An overview of weather forecast

David Bernard (born 1969) is an American television meteorologist who works for WVUE-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana. He previously worked for CBS News and television stations in Miami, Florida, and Tulsa, Oklahoma

Race of weather forecast

The weather forecast predicted rain but it held off and the track was fast. As expected, Gettysburg went to the early lead, and set a moderate pace slow compared to the fractions in shorter races, but relatively fast by the standards of the Belmont. Destin raced about a length behind Gettysburg for the first mile, then moved to the lead.

Meanwhile, Creator had broken slowly and spent the first half mile at the back of the pack. Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. then moved the colt up to sixth place down the backstretch, continuing to save ground on the rail. As they entered the stretch, Creator was full of run but had nowhere to go, surrounded by other horses. Ortiz waited patiently until a hole opened, then burst through, rapidly closing on Destin to win by a nose. It was just the fourth photo finish in Belmont Stakes history.

Lani closed from last to third to round out an all-gray trifecta. The favorite, Exaggerator, had been closer to the front than was normal for him, and raced wide, struggling with jockey Kent Desormeaux to go faster. When Desormeaux finally asked for his run, Exaggerator had no response. Desormeaux said, "I nursed him to the quarter pole and set him down, put him down for a mad drive and said, 'Show me your stuff,' and there was nothing there." Exaggerator finished eleventh.

It was trainer Steve Asmussen's first Belmont Stakes win. "Obviously we're very proud of the horse. ... I really thought the horse tried to win late. He really laid out there, dug in, and I personally feel fortunate for his effort", said Asmussen.

"[Creator] was calm and I just waited for somewhere to go", said Oritz. "When he got clear, he started running. It's an amazing feeling." It was the first win in a Triple Crown race for the 23-year-old jockey.

History of weather forecast

The original setting of the Highway Code as a psalm chant was devised by John Horrex, a teacher at Abingdon School, in the late 1950s. He performed it with various friends at local church and school social events for several years. In 1963, to celebrate the school's tercentenary, Horrex with three other teachers George Pratt, Geoff Keating and Barry Montague made a private recording of the Highway Code in several different styles. A copy of the recording reached broadcaster and humourist Fritz Spiegl, who in turn passed it to the BBC where it was played on a radio show hosted by Winston Churchill, the grandson of the former Prime Minister.

The group were then contracted to record for Parlophone Records. They first appeared on record in late 1965 with Peter Sellers on his version of the Beatles' "Help!", which was released as the B-side of his version of "A Hard Day's Night", produced by George Martin. The group also recorded Christmas carols with Cliff Richard; although the recordings were not used, they were heard by another popular vocal group, The King's Singers, who then asked Pratt to arrange carols on their own recordings.

The Master Singers' version of "Highway Code", arranged by Horrex and Keating and produced by George Martin, was released in April 1966, and rose to no.25 on the UK pop chart. They followed it up with "Telephone Directory", and then "Weather Forecast", which reached no. 50, although they encountered copyright difficulties with "Telephone Directory", as the General Post Office claimed copyright on the names and telephone numbers and prohibited the group from using the directory's contents. They also recorded two songs for a Keele University charity record, The Master Singers And Shirley Kent Sing For Charec 67, and released an EP comprising two of their singles.

The group also made several television appearances. Montague left the group to move to Australia, and was replaced by Mike Warrington from Cheadle Hulme School. As the original members each left Abingdon School, and their teaching careers took them to different parts of the country Horrex to Glasgow, Pratt to Keele, and Keating to Cheadle Hulme the group split up.