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Weatherlawyer writes:
On Jan 24, 10:13*pm, Martin Rowley
wrote:
I know Paul used to post on here for many years, so many will be sad
to hear he passed away last night :-(
It was announced on his website today:-
http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?id=7

... Very sad: Paul was a stalwart of the early days of this ng, and I
was most pleased to put the entry relating to 'his' High in the FAQ. As
others have noted, this is a fitting tribute to him. He seems to have
kept his interest in 'the weather' right to the end which is some comfort.

What was your version Martin? This is the present:

"The Bartlett High", in honour of Paul Bartlett, a luminary of this
ng, who used to put his experience of forecasting to the test by
publishing a reasoned winter forecast for all to see. As Les Crossan
has noted (also a stalwart of this ng), this has come to be regarded
as a 'slug' - nothing moves it, not even extracting a pair of dividers
and skewering the said beast as it sits dominating any particular
synoptic chart!

http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/node/117

Since Martin created the FAQ, I think he will have written that. What it
doesn't seem to say going by that quotation, is where the Bartlett High
is located. Someone mentioned Switzerland, but my own - possibly
fallible - memory suggests that the classic location was Iberia.
--
John Hall
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism
by those who have not got it."
George Bernard Shaw