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Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) February 21st 05, 10:44 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 139
Posted By John Whitby
[OBS[ York Monday 21/2/05

John Whitby wrote:
0915Z N F2 4000M -SN 6ST005 5CU010 BKN AC above T 1.2C QFF 1012
RMK Almost stopped after a couple of hours of mod SN/SNSH...about 7cm
of undrifted lying snow. Further areas...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) February 13th 05, 02:51 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 213
Posted By John Whitby
[WR] York 1545..SHRA

First SHRA of the day at 1535...quite light..CB tops VSB to N and
NE..gradient has now veered enough to lose Pennine shelter
J
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York,
North Yorkshire.
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Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) August 5th 04, 02:38 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 198
Posted By John Whitby
Attitude of Met Office

Puzzled why this post should have been posted under the header of [WR]
Notable thunderstorm - South Bucks ??

John
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York,
North Yorkshire.
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The opinion, over the...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) April 26th 04, 01:41 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 185
Posted By John Whitby
[WR] York - Thunder

1430
Thunderstorm moving in from SW. Got about half the lawn mowed before the
rain came to halt things ... morning had been very cloudy and oppressive
with a few spots of rain. Rain moderate at...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) April 25th 04, 07:45 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 230
Posted By John Whitby
[WR] Thunder - York

Thunderstorm York 2030 BST....storm to SE of York...cloud-cloud lightning
seen with 2 to 3 'rumbles' in last ten minutes. No rain in York.
Temp 17.5 C.
John
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York,
North Yorkshire.
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Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) April 25th 04, 04:28 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 185
Posted By John Whitby
06z and 18z Ascents?

The Larkhill ascent is probably basically for Army use. Temp and wind data
are needed for long-range artillery firing .... remember the days with the
big slide-rule...
Cheers
John
York,
North...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) April 25th 04, 04:19 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 115
Posted By John Whitby
[WR] York

Warmest day of year so far - Max around 23C. Rather oppressive - BKN high SC
or AC and in last few hours SCT towering CU or AC CAST to SE.
John
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York,
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Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) April 16th 04, 07:35 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 141
Posted By John Whitby
[WR] Wet day in York

Hi
A dismal day in York. Apart from a few short dry spells it's being raining
all day. Max temp around 10C. Rain moderate at times.
However it'll wash in the fertilizer/moss killer I put on the...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) April 13th 04, 07:19 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,785
Posted By John Whitby
For old Finningley hands ...

"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
...
I know there are several here who have worked in glorious South
Yorkshire...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) April 9th 04, 09:52 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 217
Posted By John Whitby
Satpic

Excellent IR Satpic from Dundee...frontal zone well shown. Surprising
amount of 'cloud' over England and Wales - or is it just temperature
contrasts ! Displaced coastlines look strange.
May have to...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) April 6th 04, 09:31 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,182
Posted By John Whitby
Station Aneroid Barometer information

Not so strange... as has been said, one of a number of models of Precision
Aneroids which replaced the Kew Pattern mercury barometers at UK Met Offices
sometime in the 70's or 80's
Cheers
John
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Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) February 14th 04, 02:47 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 564
Posted By John Whitby
Low in the High

"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:24:27 -0000, Martin Rowley wrote in
...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) February 9th 04, 06:52 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,197
Posted By John Whitby
Monster Freeze!!

"Weatherman" wrote in message
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Graham. I can assure you that you have not put everyone at ease, because
the
first...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) February 9th 04, 09:34 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,136
Posted By John Whitby
[OT] NTL news server

no problems at all with their service on text.news.ntl.com
John
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York,
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"Brian Wakem" wrote in...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) February 7th 04, 11:07 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 162
Posted By John Whitby
[WR] Wild now

That was mean speed 53KT Gusts 69KT
J
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York,
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"John Whitby" wrote in...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) February 7th 04, 11:03 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 162
Posted By John Whitby
[WR] Wild now

Report from St Bees Head at 2300......
Location Wind (kn) Visibility Temp Pressure Weather
Dir Speed Gusts (km) (°C) MSL (mb) Trend
St Bees Head W 53 69 3.6 2 1003 Falling No...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) February 5th 04, 06:53 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,257
Posted By John Whitby
Surface wind and geostrophic wind

"Julian Scarfe" wrote in message news:rtvUb.17887
So where does the model above break down?

John, Mike, thanks for the replies.

To clarify, I'm sure the variation...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) February 5th 04, 10:23 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,257
Posted By John Whitby
Surface wind and geostrophic wind

A rather complex subject Julian. Stability is also a factor. In very stable
conditions it is not *that* unusual for the the surface wind to be 40 or 50
deg backed from Geostrophic. Your 'rule of...
Forum: sci.geo.meteorology (Meteorology) February 5th 04, 10:23 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 473
Posted By John Whitby
Surface wind and geostrophic wind

A rather complex subject Julian. Stability is also a factor. In very stable
conditions it is not *that* unusual for the the surface wind to be 40 or 50
deg backed from Geostrophic. Your 'rule of...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) February 3rd 04, 01:50 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 226
Posted By John Whitby
Warm!

About 16C here. Looking at York Uni web page it seem from their graph that
they reach about 16.5 a while ago - dropped a little since. Overcast here
all morning but dry and...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 31st 04, 03:43 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 186
Posted By John Whitby
Where's The Wind

Hi
Very strong winds were not forecast for your area - though WSW wind may
increase somewhat as Low moves away eastwards..
See...
http://www.sca.uqam.ca/analyse/map.php?hour=0&lang=fr&map=UK
Shows...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 29th 04, 06:38 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 183
Posted By John Whitby
Recording snowmelt

All recording raingauges have heating elements to try to ensure snowfall is
melted and record remains reasonably accurate. Snow accumulation in
standard raingauges has to be melted at the standard...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 28th 04, 06:11 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 241
Posted By John Whitby
METARS: What do RED WHT GRN mean?

I believe BLACK covers things such as very strong cross-wind, iced-up or
snowbound runways or crash on runway......
John
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York,
North Yorkshire.
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" cupra"...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 28th 04, 01:32 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 155
Posted By John Whitby
Right or wrong

On balance I would say that forecasts for this current cold spell were very
accurate. We ARE getting a flow of very cold arctic air. Snow has fallen
in amounts which have varied from place to...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 28th 04, 10:39 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 127
Posted By John Whitby
[WR] Rain at York

Slight rain here at 1130...temp + 1.8. I would have thought the air was
basically too cold for rain. I suppose if it becomes heavier it will turn to
snow....
John
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