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Old March 23rd 17, 11:00 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Drawing weather maps

On 22 Mar 2017 20:19:00 GMT
"Norman Lynagh" wrote:

Graham P Davis wrote:

The art and science of drawing weather maps:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-2...draw-weather-m
aps-at-bom/8373086?smid=abcnewsMelb-Twitter_Organic&WT.tsrc=Twitter_Organic&sf
65106128=1

The final sentence rings a few bells:
"You can tell who has done the drawing — you can also tell whether they're
at the start of a shift or the end of a shift."


........and in my days down there it was sometimes very noticeable when
someone had had a good lunch :-)


LOL at Manby many decades ago as a humble assistant I pointed out to the SXO
forecaster that his 1024 meandering isobar was joined to a 1028. I got a clip
round the ear and told to go and make some tea. Chart was subsequently changed
using the pretense of new data!