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January 18th 06, 05:48 PM
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January 18th 06, 07:55 PM
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Stole this from a post on two
"Will Hand" wrote in message ... "Norman Lynagh" wrote in message ... In message .com, JPG writes JamesB wrote: In days of yore, when the Met Office computers were ECL or TTL rather than high speed CMOS, forecast expressions such as cold, rather cold, very cold, mild, exceptionally mild, warm etc were very strictly defined in terms of the deviation from the seasonal average. This order was held in the pages of the venerable "Met Office Manual for Forecasts to the General Public" version 7(i)a (or some-such) and woe betide any maverick forecaster showing any individuality, using words or expressions such as "showers pecking at the coast". Martin The strict definitions are still on the Met Office website, though I can't remember exactly where. http://www.metoffice.com/weather/europe/uk/guide.html Will. -- No sign of the much abused "blizzard" Chris S |
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