On the old Met O pages it was possible to work out what was going to be
going on here in the Isle of Man - and, in particular, the listing of
Observations for Ronaldsway (even if they were in the NI lists) must
have been useful to professional and amateurs alike.

It is still possible to see the observation indirectly (thinking BBC
site) but it hard work. I do not think I can see them directly on the
web any more.

Looking at the corporate objectives for the Met O (make money - make
money) I can quite understand why pubic access to observations from here
has disappeared - well you'd not want to subside a Crown Dependency
would you? - but we pay a large sum of money to the UK government for
services (used to be put down to defence and probably includes lots of
other things) and one wonders if it is costed out properly by your and
our Civil Servants and should the Met O contributions feature.

I imagine we still supply observations on the basis that we supply
observations and Met O l supply forecast charts but I think that the
position of the Island must make this quite useful for the N of England,
N Wales, N Ireland and Ireland and that is at the heart of the make
money services to those who pay, isn't it.

Just wondering out aloud to see if I should be trying to stir up things
here somewhat or somehow?

Any ideas?

Any thoughts?

Went to bed last night with max. gust at 68 mph.

Got up this morning and max. gust at 78 mph

Max gust so far today 74 mph.
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PK
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