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  GULF 
  STEEAM 
  MARMER 
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  mer 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  between 
  Newfoundland 
  and 
  

   Ireland 
  gave 
  an 
  indication 
  of 
  the 
  rainfall 
  in 
  Ireland 
  and 
  Great 
  Britain 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  year. 
  

  

  Obviously 
  the 
  problem 
  of 
  unraveling 
  the 
  relationship 
  between 
  

   changes 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  Stream 
  and 
  weather 
  conditions 
  several 
  months 
  

   hence 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  simple 
  one. 
  Climatic 
  conditions 
  in 
  any 
  given 
  region 
  of 
  

   the 
  North 
  Atlantic 
  result 
  from 
  the 
  interplay 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  factors. 
  

   Similarly, 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  at 
  any 
  given 
  time 
  is 
  brought 
  

   about 
  by 
  the 
  interaction 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  agencies. 
  Nevertheless 
  it 
  

   appears 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  fluctuations 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  Stream 
  lies 
  

   the 
  possibility 
  of 
  long-range 
  weather 
  forecasts 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  part 
  

   of 
  Europe. 
  

  

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