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Brock takes Doha's forty-one degrees personally

MET Norway's forecasts cover sixty-seven big cities on every continent, and Doha and Timbuktu tied for the hottest high; the thermometer isn't impressed either way.

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  1. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe hottest city this Saturday is Doha, Qatar, at forty-one degrees Celsius, per MET Norway. Clear skies. It's showing off, and I can feel it.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTimbuktu is also forty-one.

  3. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistTwo cities, one number, no apology. That's a conspiracy of ovens.

  4. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistColdest is Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, a low of minus ten Celsius under clear skies. It didn't even bring a cloud.

  5. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe cold is ghosting me, and it left me on read.

  6. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistWindiest is Reykjavik, Iceland, up to sixty kilometres an hour. That's the kind of wind that makes you question your entire life choices.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEleven. Do they have names?

  8. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe yellow one is Gerald. He's been through a lot, Hank, and he's never once been asked how he feels.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat is it like here in New York?

  10. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA high of nineteen, a low of eight, one millimetre of rain, and cloudy. Nothing. It's a forecast that won't even look at me.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo Gerald can stay in the closet.

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