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Weather lore is the body of informal folklore related to the prediction of the weather.

It has been a human desire for millennia to make accurate weather predictions.

Oral and written history is full of rhymes, anecdotes, and adages meant to guide the uncertain in determining whether the next day will bring fair or foul weather.

For the farmer wanting to plant crops, for the merchant about to send ships on trade, foreknowledge of tomorrow's circumstances might mean the difference between success and failure.

Prior to the invention of the mercury barometer, it was very difficult to gather numerical data of any predictive value.

Even though there were devices such as the weather stick which gave some indication of moisture changes, the only instrument of any reliability was human experience.

WVUE-DT, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 29), is a Fox-affiliated television station located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

The station is owned by the Louisiana Media Company, which is controlled by Tom Benson (owner of the New Orleans Saints NFL and New Orleans Pelicans NBA franchises); Raycom Media operates WVUE under a shared services agreement.

New Orleans (or) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

The population of the city was 343,829 as of the 2010 U.S. Census.

The New Orleans metropolitan area (New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area) had a population of 1,167,764 in 2010 and was the 46th largest in the United States.

The New Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa Combined Statistical Area, a larger trading area, had a 2010 population of 1,452,502.

Louisiana (or;; Louisiana Creole: Léta de la Lwizyàn) is a state located in the southern region of the United States.

Louisiana is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States.

Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans.

Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are the local government's equivalent to counties.

The largest parish by population is East Baton Rouge Parish, and the largest by total area is Plaquemines.

Louisiana is bordered by Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, Texas to the west, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.

WJW, channel 8, is a Fox-affiliated television station located in and licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

Subchannel 8.2 serves as the area affiliate for the classic TV network Antenna TV.

The station is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of Tribune Media.

Its studios are located on Dick Goddard Way (named for the station's longtime weatherman - previously known as South Marginal Road) just northeast of downtown Cleveland near the shore of Lake Erie, and its transmitter is located in suburban Parma, Ohio.