History of The Weather Channel Network, and the "Forecast Earth"/environmental unit (however, certain portions of the "Forecast Earth" unit remain with TWC). The layoffs took effect on November 30 (The Weather Channel later stated it would air other environmental programs). With the shutdown of NBC Weather Plus that month as a result of NBC Universal's partial acquisition of The Weather Channel, certain meteorologists from the digital broadcast network were eventually integrated into TWC's on-camera weather staff; forecasting, radar and graphics systems used by other NBC Universal television news properties (including NBC News, CNBC and MSNBC) replaced the Weather Plus-branded banner graphics to fit The Weather
Clerk of the Weather Clerk of the Weather The Clerk of the Weather or the Weather Clerk is "an imaginary functionary facetiously supposed to direct the weather." The Clerk of the Weather appears in children's stories by Rose Fyleman ("The Weather Clerk"), Robert Swindells ("The Weather-Clerk"), and others. He also appears in facetious turns of phrase such as "another fine day was supplied by the clerk of the weather". In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "A Visit to the Clerk of the Weather" (1836), he is imagined as a 6000-year-old man living on another planet. Within his dwelling, he has a stock of thunderbolts, rainbows,