On 23/03/2017 11:00, Will Hand wrote:
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!

As probably one of the oldest in this group ,I can recollect back in the
'50 as a young assistant at London Airport (Heathrow to you ) plotting
three hourly charts by hand using two pens tied together ,red and
black.I loved the job so usually got the task of plotting the major six
hourly charts because of being one of the fastest pens in the west !
The senior forecasters usually leaning over us to draw up as soon as the
ink dried !
Hated the shifts so reluctantly left the Met Office employ to earn some
money and rebuild my social life

RonB