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Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) December 8th 17, 06:38 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 859
Posted By Desperate Dan
Severe Weather Warnings

0000 does exist. It's 2400 that doesn't. But to remove doubt about what day is meant, 0001 or 2359 are used.

It seems that both 0000 and 2400 both exist. 2400 is used to indicate the end of a day...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) December 7th 17, 08:45 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 859
Posted By Desperate Dan
Severe Weather Warnings

I think, technically, 0000 doesn’t exist. It’s either 2359 denoting the end of the day and 0001 the start of the next.
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) December 1st 17, 08:47 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 194
Posted By Desperate Dan
Not alone !

http://www.samueljohnson.com/refuge.html
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) November 28th 17, 03:31 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 162
Posted By Desperate Dan
PD 28.11.2017

Congratulations!
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) November 23rd 17, 06:35 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,404
Posted By Desperate Dan
My behaviour

Anyway, enough about me, you all have far more interesting things to talk about.


Mmmmmmmmmmm! Hook, line and sinker!
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) October 30th 17, 07:36 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 178
Posted By Desperate Dan
Grass minima - a question

The artificial normally reads higher

Is it consistently higher summer and winter?
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) October 30th 17, 06:51 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 178
Posted By Desperate Dan
Grass minima - a question

When mig thermometers were used the regulation height was 2.5cm to 5cm above ground with the thermometer bulb “just touching the tips of the grass”. (Are mig thermometers still used?)
The...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) July 7th 17, 09:19 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 90
Posted By Desperate Dan
UKMO YET ANOTHER MELODRAMATIC YELLOW WARNING

Perhaps you should take your own advice!
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) June 19th 17, 02:02 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 123
Posted By Desperate Dan
Met Office position re Expert reporting

I live within a mile of an RAF station and I agree with you re quality of observations. There is a lack of even a basic knowledge of coding and the cloud type observing is, at times, laughable....
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) June 18th 17, 08:51 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 123
Posted By Desperate Dan
Met Office position re Expert reporting

I suppose the real question is, why?
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) June 17th 17, 12:56 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 123
Posted By Desperate Dan
Met Office position re Expert reporting

Very odd indeed. It's basically saying that the observational data, produced by the Met Office and quality controlled, all at great expense, may be unreliable!
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) June 17th 17, 12:52 PM
Replies: 12
Hot
Views: 556
Posted By Desperate Dan
Hot

This is the best post I've read for a long time, Asha.
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) June 13th 17, 10:22 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 149
Posted By Desperate Dan
Met Office trialling use of obs from navigational buoys

It's down to cost and requirement. MMS are expensive and need to be serviced/repaired so accessibility is also a factor. Cheap, off the shelf systems use non-standard sensors and are, thus,...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) May 27th 17, 07:44 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 132
Posted By Desperate Dan
The AGW ******atti Strike Again

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Another reply from a tosser who thinks exaggeration, lies and hypocrisy are perfectly normal things to accept as normal.

******

Well, you've described yourself perfectly but...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 12th 17, 01:51 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,028
Posted By Desperate Dan
Medium-range forecasting

You're at it again, Willy, Now stop! You're TU activities were hardly covered in glory and you know it. If you don't then you're off on planet Will again!
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 9th 17, 09:48 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 117
Posted By Desperate Dan
?Q?Mildest_on_Sunday=3A_Kinloss_and_Lossiemouth_12=2E7=C2=B0C?=

Beautiful day on the Moray coast yesterday. I went to Hopeman and watched humpback whales in the firth. Plagued by sand flies though!
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) December 27th 16, 09:41 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 227
Posted By Desperate Dan
Yesterday's maximum temperature

That's a check st, presumably, zero, not a calibration.
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) December 26th 16, 11:31 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 227
Posted By Desperate Dan
Yesterday's maximum temperature

Met office mercury in glass thermometers have a five year calibration period.
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) November 8th 16, 12:56 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 152
Posted By Desperate Dan
Siting of Vantage Vue

You can correct anemometer readings to standard height, not ideal but better than ignoring height. A small, back garden exposure will rarely be acceptable for any parameters.
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) November 7th 16, 06:28 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 95
Posted By Desperate Dan
Yet another one bites the dust......

Lusa is sited adjacent to the airport. The same airport shown in the beginning of "Flash Gordon"!
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) November 1st 16, 09:43 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 497
Posted By Desperate Dan
English Please !

In message , Bob Martin
writes
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If the boot was on the other foot, I don't suppose that he would insist
that English truck...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) October 27th 16, 01:53 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 695
Posted By Desperate Dan
Unusual cloud 10th Oct15 - an analysis

This has been an interesting topic. I have over thirty years observing experience and can relate to some of the comments but not to others. I would say that whether you call a cloud St or Sc is...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) October 3rd 16, 07:29 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 445
Posted By Desperate Dan
Obs.

Google groups users think they know everything about UseNet! :-)

A sweeping and obviously inaccurate statement...................again!
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) September 19th 16, 10:29 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 83
Posted By Desperate Dan
Missing reports for Aberdeen Dyce

They're on weatherobs.com
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) September 15th 16, 09:34 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 520
Posted By Desperate Dan
best amateur weather station

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Of course - if you're not rich then you can't beat the*
Watson/Maplins/FineOffset stations for £80 ! Very...
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