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One predicting conditions melting remotest igloo (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meteorologist

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'one predicting conditions' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'melting remotest igloo' is the wordplay.
'melting' indicates anagramming the letters.
'remotest'+'igloo'='remotestigloo'
'remotestigloo' anagrammed gives 'METEOROLOGIST'.

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(Other definitions for meteorologist that I've seen before include "Fish, perhaps" , "Weatherperson" , "Weatherman" , "Weather forecaster" , "One studying weather and climate" .)

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