Graham Easterling wrote:

On Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 9:06:07 PM UTC+1, Norman Lynagh
wrote:
Lots of new stuff to consume time here!

https://apps.ecmwf.int/webapps/opencharts

ECMWF has taken the first step in throwing its door open to all
interested parties. Full marks to them for doing this. UKMO next?
Perhaps not.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr

Thanks for the link Norman.

I looked at the MetO forecast for Penzance this morning, 2 raindrops
& a black cloud at 10:00 & 11:00, then I looked at the radar, a small
shower just to the west, and well broken cloud behind. Went out to
Sennen & took Leanne for a walk the full length of the beach in
Autumn sunshine, not a drop. Well, actually we walked the beach twice
as she'd dropped her camera. My still mending leg found the 2nd trip
in soft sand a bit of a struggle.

I find the models these days are often superb at predicted a
developing synoptic situation, but weather forecasts for the next few
hours are often worse than useless, which is the bit people normally
need. Surely there must be an automated way of feeding reality back
into the forecast to make it more reasonable. (I've said that before
& received all sorts of excuses, along the lines of we don't work
that way.)

All went downhill this afternoon.

Graham
Penzance

The high-res radar imagery is by far the best short-range forecasting
tool.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr