On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:35:50 +0100, Metman2012
wrote:
On 21/08/2013 19:49, Freddie wrote:
On 21 Aug 2013 12:39:23 GMT, "Norman"
wrote:
The 'new' SYNOP code, i.e.the one in present use, came into
operation in 1981,
though I'm not sure which month.

It was 1st January 1982.

Good old Freddie putting us right! Though you can't have been very
old
when it happened, eh?

Haha thanks Malcolm - I was 14 then :-) The reason I remember is
because of the interesting winter of 81/82 - and looking at SYNOP
reports through the winter months at a later date. I could understand
the SYNOP reports for January 1982, but not December 1981. That fact
always sticks in my memory :-)

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