"Norman Lynagh" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 09:25:28 -0000, "Eskimo Will"
wrote:
"haaark" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 21 February 2016 16:40:30 UTC, haaark wrote:
I know it's been many years since the DT and ST were real quality
broadsheets. I also know that the circulation of hard copy is in its
death
spiral-five years maybe I'd guess before the anachronism of sending
hundreds of tons of newsprint round the country every day comes to an
end,
anyone?-and the papers must be haemorrhaging cash.
Phillip Eden's successor at the ST is Peter Stanford,a lightweight
waffler
who today came up with a classic.
Talking about the two ways of looking at winter's end, he said that one
way was the end of February, and the other was the astrological
way-i.e.March 21st.
Like almost everybody and his wife these days, he must have a degree.
Did he get it from the University of Glastonbury?
I remember reading-it must be 40 years ago at least- that no weather
forecaster worth his salt would open his mouth without looking out the
window first.
How many forecasters today even have windows?
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Most of the forecasters in the MetO are locked in steel cabinets and are
made of silicon and have a byte at breakfast time.
Will
I think that confirms the point :-)
:-)
One thing I will say, however, is that a big change coming is not just an
increase in model resolution but a revolution in data assimilation. This has
been long coming where data are continually assimilated properly including
all different data types. The MetO fully intend to make use of WOW
information in model analyses and a whole host of other data types. They
will be able to do this due to improved data error co-variances and some
cunning mathematical trickery which I cannot go into here. This is due to
happen by the end of this decade. So although Mr Silicon will not be looking
out of the window he will be more aware of what is going on minute by
minute!
Will
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believes that it was created in 1910 "
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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