"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
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On 22 Jun, 18:52, John Hall wrote:

The weather warnings really have to be very specific to be of much
use.

Which at any more than an hour or two's notice (and that may be
optimistic) is unlikely to be possible with thundery downpours.
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Yes, is it tricky, this is where I agree with Norman's view on
Nowcasts.

Since 2004 there has been a dedicated Nowcasting bench in the Operations
Centre that orchestrates the issue of Flash warnings in conjunction with the
Chief and Public Weather Service forecasters.

Jon.

"Phil Layton" wrote in message
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Don't think I have ever seen so much red on these charts...
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html

Well, our bit [1] of Cheshire's had an inundation today. We got home at
about 17:00 this evening to find our lane flooded and water pouring through
our garden, by far the worst it's been in the 19 years we've lived in the
village.

I haven't got a real rain gauge, but measured about an inch in the downpour
a couple of days ago. Today's very brief thunderstorm must have brought
many times that to result in such a spectacular wipe-out. We certainly
don't need any more until the ground's had a chance to drain.

Steve P

[1] Near Northwich, Lat 53 37', Long 2 27'

"JPG" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:48:20 +0100, "Phil Layton"
wrote:

Don't think I have ever seen so much red on these charts...
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html

It's June, It's the UK. It rains. (I must be getting old!).

Martin

....and of course, it's Wimbledon !

Jon.

"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message
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"JPG" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:48:20 +0100, "Phil Layton"
wrote:

Don't think I have ever seen so much red on these charts...
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html

It's June, It's the UK. It rains. (I must be getting old!).

Martin

...and of course, it's Wimbledon !

Jon.



And Glastonbury :-)

Stopped raining this evening here in Haytor, actually got a bit of sun too!
Plenty of water on the moor and I had it all to myself this afternoon,
brilliant - no tourists!

Will
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Quoting from message
posted on 22 Jun 2007 by Will Hand
I would like to add:

It's June, It's the UK. It rains. (I must be getting old!).

...and of course, it's Wimbledon !

And Glastonbury :-)

and The Great Dorset Mudbath[1] is not until the end of August - what
will happen in between?

[1] aka The Great Dorset Steam Fair (once in a while it's the Great
Dorset Dustbowl).

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On Jun 22, 11:45 pm, Elaine Jones
wrote:
Quoting from message
posted on 22 Jun 2007 by Will Hand
I would like to add:

It's June, It's the UK. It rains. (I must be getting old!).
...and of course, it's Wimbledon !

And Glastonbury :-)

and The Great Dorset Mudbath[1] is not until the end of August - what
will happen in between?

[1] aka The Great Dorset Steam Fair (once in a while it's the Great
Dorset Dustbowl).

Jun 22 13:15
Jun 30 13:49
Jul 7 16:54
Jul 14 12:04
Jul 22 06:29
Jul 30 00:48
Aug 5 21:20
Aug 12 23:03
Aug 20 23:54
Aug 28 10:35

It's pretty obvious once you round you the minutes.

OK, a lamer would mistake the phase of June the 30th for that of the
22nd but hell, that's what I'm here for.

OK, OK, there are one or two awkward ones; the 22nd of July for
instance and the 5th and 28th of August but hell, that's why we have
god.

Jon O'Rourke wrote:


Yes, is it tricky, this is where I agree with Norman's view on
Nowcasts.

Since 2004 there has been a dedicated Nowcasting bench in the Operations
Centre that orchestrates the issue of Flash warnings in conjunction with
the Chief and Public Weather Service forecasters.


I thought there was a Nowcasting bench long before 2004.

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Graham P Davis
Bracknell, Berks., UK
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"Graham P Davis" wrote in message
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Jon O'Rourke wrote:


Yes, is it tricky, this is where I agree with Norman's view on
Nowcasts.

Since 2004 there has been a dedicated Nowcasting bench in the Operations
Centre that orchestrates the issue of Flash warnings in conjunction with
the Chief and Public Weather Service forecasters.


I thought there was a Nowcasting bench long before 2004.


Not specifically. You're probably thinking of the quality control of FRONTIERS?

Will.
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Will Hand wrote:


"Graham P Davis" wrote in message
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Jon O'Rourke wrote:


Yes, is it tricky, this is where I agree with Norman's view on
Nowcasts.

Since 2004 there has been a dedicated Nowcasting bench in the
Operations Centre that orchestrates the issue of Flash warnings in
conjunction with the Chief and Public Weather Service forecasters.


I thought there was a Nowcasting bench long before 2004.


Not specifically. You're probably thinking of the quality control of
FRONTIERS?


Could be. I just have a vague memory of seeing a sign on one of the benches
in CFO/NMC at Bracknell with "nowcasting" on it.

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Graham P Davis
Bracknell, Berks., UK
Send e-mails to "newsman" as mails to "newsboy" are ignored.

"Graham P Davis" wrote in message
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Will Hand wrote:


"Graham P Davis" wrote in message
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Jon O'Rourke wrote:


Yes, is it tricky, this is where I agree with Norman's view on
Nowcasts.

Since 2004 there has been a dedicated Nowcasting bench in the
Operations Centre that orchestrates the issue of Flash warnings in
conjunction with the Chief and Public Weather Service forecasters.


I thought there was a Nowcasting bench long before 2004.


Not specifically. You're probably thinking of the quality control of
FRONTIERS?


Could be. I just have a vague memory of seeing a sign on one of the
benches
in CFO/NMC at Bracknell with "nowcasting" on it.

May have done, can't remember for sure now, but yes there has always been a
nowcasting type of position. Going back to the early 90s the closest to the
current Nowcasting role was the SPFU - "Short Period Forecast Unit"
forecaster which later became the PAF - "Principal Aviation Forecaster".
This role was then effectively split between the current Nowcasting position
and the SAF - "Senior Aviation Forecaster" and to a lesser extent the
current Airfields Team Leader.

Jon.