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RAINFALL STATISTICS for BROOKSVILLE, FL from 2002 Forward/Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Prior to 2002 >

Month   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000   1999     Avg.    Record-Year
Jan      .02   1.09   3.29    .08   4.18   .60    1.80   3.04     1.99     8.02  1948
Feb     5.24   2.03   7.15   6.94   2.52    .92    .12  *0.29     3.08    10.82  1998 
Mar      .05   3.21   2.32   5.90   1.96  *6.96    .57  *0.95     3.01    12.64  1959
Apr      .64   2.96   3.56   2.04   3.62    .01    .22  *0.80     1.15    10.71  1997
May     2.60   5.22   1.36   2.53   2.32  *0.00  * .30  *7.90     3.10    17.64  1979 
June    4.24   8.80   7.60 *17.15  13.23   5.50   5.74 *15.20     5.48    13.35  1975
July    6.10   8.75   9.61   7.52  10.21   8.93  *9.94   5.15     6.58    20.59  1960
Aug     4.80   3.93  11.39   8.39   6.62   6.68   7.45   9.98     7.61    18.59  1949
Sep     5.25   1.61 *19.48   5.38   6.29  10.19   7.25   6.06     5.98    13.98  1979
Oct     1.46   5.57    N/A    .87   2.16    .88   0.00   3.875    2.02     7.73  1952
Nov     1.95   1.11    N/A   2.04   1.97    .27   2.03   2.20     1.77     6.12  1963
Dec     3.59   3.37    N/A   1.60  10.17     .6   1.32   1.15     2.15    15.57  1997   
Total  36.80   47.65  65.74 65.74  60.74  65.07  25.93  36.47    56.595   43.92

RAINFALL STATISTICS for BROOKSVILLE, Fl >

Month   2007     Avg.    Record-Year
Jan     1.58    1.99      8.02 1948
Feb     2.90    3.08     10.82 1998
Mar     1.27    3.01     12.64 1959
Apr     2.51    1.15     10.71 1997
May      .76    3.10     17.64 1979
June    7.65    5.48     15.20 1999
July    1.75    6.58     20.59 1960
Aug     6.45    7.61     18.59 1949
Sep     2.78    5.98     13.98 1979
Oct     3.98    2.02      7.73 1952
Nov      .16    1.77      6.12 1963
Dec     3.34    2.15     15.57 1997
Total  42.40

RAINFALL STATISTICS for BROOKSVILLE, Fl >

Month   2008     Avg.    Record-Year
Jan     1.20    1.99      8.02 1948
Feb      .62    3.08     10.82 1998
Mar      .50    3.01     12.64 1959
Apr     1.40    1.15     10.71 1997
May    15.46    3.10     17.64 1979
June    9.63    5.48     15.20 1999
July    7.47    6.58     20.59 1960
Aug     6.85    7.61     18.59 1949
Sep     4.95    5.98     13.98 1979
Oct     1.61    2.02      7.73 1952
Nov     1.46    1.77      6.12 1963
Dec     4.78    2.15     15.57 1997
Total  55.93

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CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN OBSERVATIONS 1999

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%    T    H/W    DP
Jan                No Records Available
Feb                No Records Available
Mar   80  54   .95  30.07   --     --    --   --
Apr   88  61   .80  30.02   --     --    --   --
May   88  63  7.90  30.02   --      8    --   --
Jun   93  70 15.20  30.02   --     20    --   --
Jul   93  78  5.15  30.11   94     17    --   --
Aug   92  78  9.98  29.99   97     15   105   --
Sep   87  73  6.06  29.91   89      6    90   69.8
Oct   83  67  3.875 30.06   90      3  79/50  64.3
Nov   75  59  2.20  30.12   89      2  74/49  55.7
Dec   71  53  1.15  30.19   90      0  70/43  49.7

CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN OBSERVATIONS 2000

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF   H/W    DP     
JAN   69  50  1.89   30.22  88      7   70/34  46.6   
FEB   75  52   .12   30.24  87    1/3   85/55  48.0
MAR   82  60   .57   30.12  85    1/2   86/49  53.9
APR   82  59   .22   30.11  80      6   96/33  54.0    
MAY   92  67   .30   30.10  81    1/0     --   63.7 
JUN   93  71  5.74   30.13  91   18/0     --   65.6
JUL   93  72  9.94   29.99  92   22/0   101/0  74.5
AUG   91  72  7.45   30.03  93   21/0   104/0  76.1
SEP   89  73  7.25   29.94  96    9/0   102/0  76.4
OCT   85  62  0.00   30.08  91    0/0    94/0  60.8
NOV   79  55  2.03   30.09  93    1/7    0/32  56.4
DEC   71  49  1.32   30.18  91    1/3    0/25  49.1

CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN OBSERVATIONS 2001

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF   H/W    DP             
JAN    67  44 .60   30.17   81    0/4    --     N/A
FEB    80  58 .92   30.55   89    2/2    --     N/A
MAR    75  57 6.92  30.00   93    3/6    --     N/A
APR    84  59  .01  30.14   91    0/2    --     N/A
MAY    89  65  Tr   30.03   96    1/0    --     N/A
JUN    90  71 5.50  30.08   97   15/0    --     N/A
JUL    91  72 8.93  30.05   97   25/1    --     N/A
AUG   *89  72 6.68  30.06   97   14/0    --     N/A
SEP    83  66 10.19 29.96   98   13/0    --    69.3
OCT    81  61  .88  30.11   88    1/0    --     N/A
NOV    79  56  .27  30.11   97    0/0    --     N/A
DEC    75  53  .60  30.12   94    0/0    --    54.6

Asterik(*) indicates observations taken from this time forward from the Brooksville Fl. area.

CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN OBSERVATIONS 2002

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF   H/W    DP      
JAN   71  49  4.18   30.12  94     X      X    45.5
FEB   71  48  2.52   30.15  90     X      X    43.8
MAR   82  55  1.96   30.10  93    3/X     X    58.4
APR   85  63  3.62   30.09  98    6/x     X    64.9
MAY   91  64  2.32   30.02  100   5/X     X    66.7
JUN   89  70 13.23   30.02  99.9 13/X     X    69.9
JUL   89  71 10.21   30.05  100  29/x     X    71.1
AUG   89  71  6.62   30.01  100  19/X     X    79.9
SEP   86  71  6.29   30.03  100  10/X     X    71.9
OCT   85  66  2.16   30.06  100   7/2     X    66.3
NOV   70  51  1.97   30.08  98    1/6     X    53.3
DEC   67  45 10.70   30.31  98    2/8     x    46.8

CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN OBSERVATIONS 2003

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF  DP/Min  DP/MAX  Wind Avg  
JAN   63  38   .08  30.24   100   0/7    N/A     38.5    N/A
FEB   71  50  6.94  30.33   100   3/6    N/A     46.8    N/A
MAR   78  59  5.90  30.00   100   5/9    N/A     57.6    N/A
APR   79  60  2.04  30.14    99   3/2    N/A     56.8    N/A
MAY   89  68  2.53  29.99    96   3/0    N/A     68.1    N/A
JUN   88  70 17.15  30.01   100  24/3    N/A     70.9    N/A
JUL   89  72  7.52  30.11    99  25/0    65.2    74.5    2.2mph
AUG   89  73  8.39  30.11   100  23/0    65.0    77.0    6.5mph
SEP   89  71  5.38  30.01   99.1 10/2    61.4    75.5    5.8mph
OCT   85  53   .87  30.02   98.0  1/1    54.4    70.4    6.2mph
NOV   80  58  2.04  30.09   96.6  3/3    47.3    65.3    7.2mph
DEC   70  44  1.60  30.12   93    1/9    37.5    54.8    8.4mph

CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN OBSERVATIONS 2004

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF  DP/Min  DP/MAX  Wind Avg  
JAN   67  42  3.29  30.14   97    2/6     32      70     9.4 mph
FEB   71  51  7.15  30.12   96    0/7     32      73    10.4 mph
MAR   78  53  2.32  29.64   94    2/5     32      72     9.2 mph
APR   83  54  3.56  30.04   97    4/2     32      70    10.2 mph
MAY   89  64  1.36  30.11   97    1/1     49      70     8.0 mph
JUN   92  71  7.60  30.06   98    25/0    56      76     9.1 mph
JUL   90  72  9.61  30.02   99    27/4    43      81     8.7 mph
AUG   89  72 11.37  29.99   99    23/0    48      81     7.6 mph
SEP   88  73 19.48  29.86   97    5 /0    36      84     9.7 mph
OCT                        NOT AVAILABLE   
NOV                        NOT AVAILABLE
DEC

CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN OBSERVATIONS 2005

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF  DP/Min  DP/MAX  Wind Avg  
JAN   70  43  1.09  30.14   54%   3/0   32      72       9.7 mph
FEB   73  45  2.03  30.06   59%   2/0   32      70      11.5 mph
MAR   70  51  3.21  29.98   59%   8/0   42      51      15.0 mph
APR   80  53  2.96  30.03   50%   3/0   27      57      11.0 mph
MAY   86  63  5.22  29.93   57%   1/0   42      66       9.0 mph
JUN   87  72  8.80  29.99   66%  17/0   41      79       8.4 mph
JUL   92  72  8.75  30.04   59%  19/0   46      76      10.2 mph
AUG   91  75  3.93  30.00   56%  20/0   46      76       9.7 mph
SEP   88  73 19.48  29.86   60%   5/0   36      84       9.7 mph
OCT   91  73  1.61  30.03   53%   7/0   32      79       9.1 mph
NOV   87  52  1.11  30.04   53%   3/2   38      51      13.4 mph
DEC   72  43  3.37  30.06   67%   4/1   43      49      22.2 mph

CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN OBSERVATIONS 2006

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF  DP/Max  DP/Min  Wind Avg  
JAN   83  32  .84  30.16   46%    0/5   49 deg   33 deg   13mph
FEB   69  45 5.42  30.10   55%    2/0   48 deg   32 deg   12mph
MAR   76  52  .05  30.06   45%    0/3   53 deg   32 deg   11mph
APR   88  60  .64  30.01   53%    2/0   59 deg   32 deg   12mph
MAY   85  63 2.60  29.97   41%    3/0   59 deg   32 deg   11mph
JUN   87  70 4.24  29.96   65%   12/0   67 deg   47 deg   11mph
JUL   90  72 6.10  30.05   56%   20/0   72 deg   41 deg    9mph
AUG   91  73 4.84  30.07   63%   20/0   72 deg   44 deg   10mph
SEP   93  72 5.25  29.93   61%   12/0   68 deg   42 deg    7mph
OCT   83  60 1.46  29.94   55%    3/0   62 deg   32 deg    9mph
NOV   74  52 1.95  30.02   68%    3/4   51 deg   48 deg   10mph
DEC   71  54 3.59  30.16   75%    1/0   60 deg   49 deg    8mph

CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN OBSERVATIONS 2007

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF  DP/Max  DP/Min  Wind Avg
JAN   85  32  1.58  30.06   69%   0/0   56 Deg  48 Deg    10 mph
FEB   70  50  3.67  30.04   71%   7/0   59 Deg  43 Deg    13 mph
MAR   74  52  1.27  30.05   70%   0/0   60 Deg  43 Deg    10 mph
APR   79  56  2.51  29.97   55%   2/0   56 Deg  53 Deg    13 mph
MAY   88  59   .76  30.10   61%   2/0   62 Deg  44 Deg    10 mph
JUN   90  70  7.65  29.96   67%  16/0   78 Deg  59 Deg    20 mph
JUL   91  70  9.83  30.01   67%  22/0   77 Deg  64 Deg     9 mph
AUG   92  74  6.45  29.98   75%  16/0   77 Deg  65 Deg     8 mph
SEP   89  72  2.78  29.97   68%  16/0   75 Deg  60 Deg     9 mph
OCT   84  67  3.98  29.98   75%   9/0   69 Deg  50 Deg     8 mph
NOV   85  56   .16  30.20   64%   0/0   58 Deg  48 Deg    10 mph
DEC   71  52  3.34  30.10   66%   1/0   65 Deg  47 Deg    18 mph




CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN 
OBSERVATIONS 2008 
 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF  DP/Max  DP/Min  Wind Avg
JAN   67  44  4.46  30.22   62%   5/    51 deg  44 deg    7.5 mph
FEB   74  49  2.20  30.11   64%   4/    53 deg  43 deg   12   mph
MAR   78  52  3.23  30.08   62%   4/    54 deg  43 deg   21   mph
APR   74  53  2.14  30.07   57%   4/    62 deg  46 deg    9.9 mph
MAY   89  55   .94  29.97   60%   3/    64 deg  50 deg   13   mph
JUN   91  70  7.38  30.07   64%  21/    72 deg  57 deg   11.7 mph
JUL   89  72  9.09  30.02   77%  24/    75 deg  59 deg    8.4 mph
AUG   80  69  8.05  29.89   73%  17/    75 deg  63 deg   21.2 mph
SEP   90  68   .09  29.98   68%   6/    70 deg  54 deg    8.4 mph
OCT   79  54  1.88  30.13   58%   2/    54 deg  46 deg    8.6 mph
NOV   76  52   .49  30.08   56%   0/    48 deg  43 deg   12.0 mph
DEC   73  50  1.21  30.06   58%   0/    50 deg  43 deg   10.1 mph




CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN 
OBSERVATIONS 2009 
 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF  DP/Max  DP/Min  Wind Avg
JAN   71  43  1.20  30.05   70%   1/    49 deg  41 deg   10.0 mph
FEB   66  45   .62  30.28   57%   0/0   51 deg  42 deg   10.0 mph
MAR   74  51   .50  30.14   63%   1/0   51 deg  41 deg   22.0 mph
APR   82  55  1.40  30.06   62%   1/0   57 deg  47 deg    9.8 mph
MAY   80  66 15.46  30.02   69%  15/0   64 deg  49 deg   10.4 mph
JUN   89  72  9.63  29.00   66%  11/0   75 deg  39 deg    9.7 mph
JUL   90  76  7.47  30.04   74%  13/0   79 deg  72 deg    N/A
AUG   91  72  6.85  29.96   70%  20/0   69 deg  61 deg    6.9 mph
SEP   87  67  4.95  29.89   69%  10/0   75 deg  69 deg    9.7 mph
OCT   81  60  1.61  29.95   64%   3/0   61 deg  50 deg    7.0 mph
NOV   74  55  1.46  29.97   60%   1/0   57 deg  47 deg    8.0 mph
DEC   71  52  4.78  30.03   63%   1/0   56 deg  44 deg    8.6 mph








CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS for the City of TAMPA (1961-90) 



 
TAMPA_WSCMO_ARPT, FL ( 088788 ) Percent Missing: 0.01 


 MinTemp(F)MaxTemp(F)AvgTemp(F)AvgPrcp(in)AvgSnw(in) 
Jan  49.2       69.9       59.5       1.99       0.0 
Feb  50.8       71.3       61.0       3.08       0.0
Mar  56.4       76.6       66.5       3.01       0.0
Apr  60.7       81.8       71.2       1.15       0.0
May  67.2       87.1       77.1       3.10       0.0
Jun  72.7       89.6       81.2       5.48       0.0
Jul  74.4       90.3       82.3       6.58       0.0
Aug  74.3       90.4       82.3       7.61       0.0
Sep  72.8       89.0       80.9       5.98       0.0
Oct  65.3       84.2       74.8       2.02       0.0
Nov  57.3       77.7       67.5       1.77       0.0
Dec  51.5       72.1       61.8       2.15       0.0
Avg  62.7       81.7       72.2      43.92       0.0






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12/1/99 With a air temperature of 42.8 degrees,
Dew point of 30.0 degrees and wind chill of 29.2 Winter has 
finally arrived. Highs are expected to reach only into 
the mid 60's with further cooling expected this evening. 
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12/2/9 With the arrival of a large polar high pressure 
cell, the morning low in the city of Tampa dropped to 38.1 
degrees. This temperature isn't very low by some standards 
but for central Florida quite a chill!! A dewpoint of 32.2  
degrees and wind chill of 26.4 degrees was quite a wake up call.
12/24/99 The temperature this morming a 0600hrs was 
45.9 degrees with a wind chill of 39.6 degrees! Pretty chilly 
for central Florida. More to come tommorrow morning! 
11/25/99 With a low of 34.2 degrees,wind chill of 24.9 degrees, and dew point of 30.1 degrees,central Florida was a bit chilly this morning.  This is due to several arctic cold fronts that pushed their way through the state over the past 
few days. They arrived just in timefor the hollidays.
Ho Ho Ho!!!!!
1/11/00 The last three consecutive mornings we have been 
greeted to fog. On the 1/9/00 the entire state seemed to be 
socked. This was verified from reports on theFlorida weather 
ring and a large number of my Ham Radio friends around the state. 
Its been unseasonably warm for this time of year. 
Most likely due to the influence of "La Nina". 
The weather should turn more seasonable toward the 
weekend and stay coolfor about 3 weeks.
1/15/00 After an extremely breezy several days the 
winds have subsided and and the very cool temperatures 
have begun to moderate for a time. BP's of 30.62 and 30.55 
indicated very heavy & cool Canadian air mass over the 
State of Florida. This should moderate some what over the 
next several days until the next bout of cold air 
moves this direction for thearctic. Brrrr cold but 
a welcome change from the very unseasonable 
temperatures over the past month.
3/19/00 The National Weather Service has issued a 
drought warning for several areas in the Southeast to 
include the Tampa Bay Area. This is significant because 
]there has never been a drought warning issued for this 
area since the the NWS has been keepingr ecords for this 
area. Hopefully there will be a break in this weather pattern 
which has been caused by "La Nina" and the summer rains will 
come and break the drought!!  
4/5/00 Winter is taking its final gasp for the season in 
Florida. A last season cold front passed through this area 
yesterday bringing with it temperatures of 50 degrees for 
lows and a wind chill of 31.8 degrees. Brrr cold!!!!! This 
is concidering the heat index has been quite high lately.  
This should be the last of the cold weather for the season 
in this area.
5/9/2000  Another cold front blew through the Tampa Bay 
area this morning ushering in another bout of arctic air 
(humidity never passed 54% all day) chilly weather late in 
the season. Low's in the urban areas were 45.3 Degrees 
with winds of approximately 15 mph(wind chill 29.5 degrees) 
out of the north.  Could this be the last blast 
form the north. Only time will tell!!!!
6/10/00  As a Result of the La Nina weather pattern, 
The extreme drought that has had a stranglehold on North 
and Central Florida will go down as the worst since records 
have been kept in this area.  
At 10 to 12 inches of rain down from normal at this time 
of year, it will take at least two good tropical systems 
to bring the water supplies of the area back to normal. I 
personally observed the water level on the Hillsborough 
River being so low that fishermen 
have been picking up the fishing lures stuck between 
the rocks on the shallow (ankle deep) river bottom. 
This sounds a little strange but normally the river 
in this arrea is usually 8-10 feet deep! Hopefully 
this situation will right itself as the rainy season 
approaches.
5/2/01  As the "la nina" weather cycle begins to wane,
the hope is that the normal amount of rains will fall on 
the Florida penisula later on in the summer, Hopefully 
the second half of the rainy season will be greater than 
normal amount of rainfall.  Keep your fingers crossed.
7/1/01  It appears that the long awaited rainy season 
Has begun.  With 5.50 inches for last month it was welcome 
but still more is needed.
7/14/01  With passage of unsually strong cold front 
through the Tampa Bay area, More much needed rain fell 
around the area. Although very little fell in the city of
Tampa itself, much did fall in the rural areas of the the state.

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STORM NAMES

A storm acquires a name when its wind speed reaches 39 mph,making it a tropical storm.The names are given by the National Hurricane Center in Miami,which draws up a list for each year.

U.S weather services started giving storms female names in 1953, although military meteorologists had used women's names for storms in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The feminine names replaced a short-lived practice of using a phonetic - Able, Baker, Charlie - alphabet.

Gender balance came in 1978, when men's names were added for Pacific storms; Atlantic/Gulf storms alternated men's names onto the list in 1979.

Because there were few names that started with Q,U,X,Y and Z, those letters are skipped. Also,some hurricane names have been retired because a storm by that name inflicted heavy damage. The names below are the ones that will be used for the 1999,2000 & 2001 hurricane season.


2001 ATLANTIC HURRICANE NAMES
Allison   Felix      Karen     Pablo      Wendy
Barry     Gabrelle   Lorenzo   Rebekah
Chantal   Humberto   Michelle  Sebastian
Dean      Iris       Noel      Tanya
Erin      Jerry      Olga      Van


2000 ATLANTIC HURRICANE NAMES
Alberto    Gordon     Michael     Tony
Beryl      Helene     Nadine      Valerie
Chris      Isaac      Oscar       William
Debby      Joyce      Patty       
Ernesto    Keith      Rafael
Florence   Leslie     Sandy


1999 ATLANTIC HURRICANE NAMES
Arlene      Harvey    Ophelia     Tammy
Bret        Irene     Philippe    Vince 
Cindy       Jose      Rita        Wilma
Dennis      Katrina   Stan
Emily       Lenny     Maria         
Floyd       Gert      Nate

SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE

Category         Wind Speed        Storm Surge
I                74/95  mph           4/5 ft.
II               96/110 mph           6/8 ft.
III             111/130 mph           9/12ft.
IV              131/155 mph          13/18ft.
V               155+    mph            18+

TERMS and CLASSIFICATION of UNSTABLE WEATHER

Tropical Disturbance - First stage of unstable weather which may develope progressively into a hurricane.
Tropical Depression - The disturbance continues to intensify. A clear defined low pressure area begins to emerge, and the highest wind speed is 38 mph.
Tropical Storm - The wind speed has increased to 39/73 mph, as the now distinct low pressure area is well defined by rotatng circulation.
Tropical Storm Watch - An announcement that a tropical storm may pose a threat to coastal areas, generally within 36 hours.
Tropical Storm Warning - A warning that tropical storm conditions are expected in a specific coastal areas within 24 hours.
Hurricane - Once a tropical storm's constant wind speed reaches 74 mph or greater, it's classified as a hurricane.
Hurricane Watch - An announcement that hurricane or hurricane conditions may pose a threat to a coastal area, generally within 3 hours.
Hurricane Warning - A warning that a hurricane is expected in a specified coastal area within 24 hours.

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TAMPA BAY COASTAL TIDE HEIGHTS
Month             Year                Height
September         1848                15  ft.
October           1848                12  ft.
October           1921                10.5ft.
September         1950                 6.5ft.

DEADLIEST FLORIDA HURRICANES

Year              Location              Dead
1928              Lake Okeechobee       1,836
1935              Matecumbe Key           408
1926              Miami                   243
1947              Hillsboro Light          17
1992              Homestead(Andrew)        17

MOST COSTLY U.S.HURRICANE
Hurricane Year Cost est.
Andrew 1992 $26.5 billion
Hugo 1989 $7.0 billion
Fran 1996 $3.2 billion
Opal 1995 $3.0 billion
Frederic 1979 $2.3 billion

DEADLIEST ATLANTIC REGION HURRICANES
Year Location Dead
1900 Galveston, Tx 8,000
1928 Lake Okeechobee 1,836
1928 Florida Keys/Tx 600
1938 New England 600
1935 Florida Keys 408

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