What a sad loss to his family and certainly this group,we will miss his
wisdom and experience,RIP Paul

RonB
"Stephen Davenport" wrote in message
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On Jan 24, 4:36 pm, "Norman" wrote:
jhn374 wrote:
I know Paul used to post on here for many years, so many will be sad
to hear he passed away last night :-(
It was announced on his website today:-
http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?id=7

Very sad news, indeed. I never met Paul and knew of him only through
u.s.w.
Like several of us here, he originated in the "pencil and rubber"
generation of
weather forecasting and later in his career was able to expoit the
developing
technology. He was clearly an enthusiast for his craft. The "Bartlett
High" is
a fitting memory.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.

======================

Sad news indeed, and I can only echo previous sentiments but
particularly yours here, Norman.

Stephen.

"jhn374" schreef
:I know Paul used to post on here for many years, so many will be sad
: to hear he passed away last night :-(

Like everyone else, I'm very sorry to hear this. Another day that will end
tinged with a note of sadness ...

Colin Youngs
Brussels

"jhn374" wrote in message
...
I know Paul used to post on here for many years, so many will be sad
to hear he passed away last night :-(
It was announced on his website today:-
http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?id=7

This is all so sad, if not unexpected as he has not been well recently.

Paul and I go back a long way. I remember in the late 90s and early 2000s
the phone calls wehad, discussing teh five day outlooks. He was a great snow
enthusiast and loved his sledging. A damn good long range forecaster as
well, one of the very best. He had his own statistical methods and would
rarely go out on a limb. Whenever I got depressed with a mild outlook, he
used to say "chin up Will" it ain't that bad.

rememebr teh WMO snowman thread, paul was brilliant with that and in those
days we always got a good repartee going.

Rememeber the forecasting competition he and I had, he always used to do
better than me and then there was the offer of pints in the local etc etc.

oh dear tears are welling up, must stop. rest in peace my friend.

Will
--

"jhn374" wrote in message
...

I know Paul used to post on here for many years, so many will be sad
to hear he passed away last night :-(
It was announced on his website today:-
http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?id=7

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Sad news, I've dipped into that site many times

On Jan 24, 3:02*pm, jhn374 wrote:
I know Paul used to post on here for many years, so many will be sad
to hear he passed away last night :-(
It was announced on his website today:-http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?id=7

This is sad news. I certainly remember much of the banter that went
on in the early days of the group.

"Norman" wrote in message
...
jhn374 wrote:

I know Paul used to post on here for many years, so many will be sad
to hear he passed away last night :-(
It was announced on his website today:-
http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?id=7


Very sad news, indeed. I never met Paul and knew of him only through
u.s.w.
Like several of us here, he originated in the "pencil and rubber"
generation of
weather forecasting and later in his career was able to expoit the
developing
technology. He was clearly an enthusiast for his craft. The "Bartlett
High" is
a fitting memory.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.

I can only echo Norman's thoughts, and offer my sincere condolences to his
family.

--
Bernard Burton

Wokingham Berkshire.

Weather data and satellite images at:
http://www.woksat.info/wwp.html

On 24/01/2012 15:02, jhn374 wrote:
I know Paul used to post on here for many years, so many will be sad
to hear he passed away last night :-(
It was announced on his website today:-
http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?id=7

Very sad to read this news tonight. Funnily enough I looked at his page
last night and saw this forecast, which I now believe was his last.

I spoke to him a couple of times regarding ICS synop - a program for
plotting weather maps from shortwave transmissions, and both came to the
conclusion that it has seen its day due to the interference on short
wave, along with the arrival of the internet.

He was good fun too as Will has pointed out with the snowman thread, as
he told me off for not complying with WMO dimensions for the snowman's
body etc!

Rest in peace and my condolences to his family.

Phil

ISSUED SUNDAY EVENING.

No major changes in the overall pattern have occurred although the Spanish high will drift north for a time bringing quieter and less windy weather. So staying mild and mainly dry, a bit cooler later. No real chane tonight.

Monday 09 January 2012: A gentle westerly. Rather cloudy but mainly dry with some sun. Max 10C (50F) after a Min of 6C (43F).

Tuesday 10th: Gentle southwest winds. Dry with sunny spells. Max 10C (50F).

Wednesday 11th: Still gentle southwesterlies. Dry with some sun. Max 10C.

Thursday 12th: A gentle northwesterly. Just a 20% risk of rain; otherwise dry with sunny spells. Max 9C (48F).

Friday 13th: Light winds. Dry and bright after fog patches. Max 10C (50F).

Forecast to 17th: Dry southeast winds and fog patches. .Then windy with rain later. Max 10C (50F).

OUTLOOK: Unsettled westerly winds backing easterly. Rain at times – cooler.

Max Sub: 9.4C (48.9F).

Min Sat/Sun: 7.3C (45.1F).

Lowest humidity Sun: 60%.

Rainfall Sun: Trace.

Max gust Sun: NW/17KTS.

Issued 1825 Sunday 08 January 2011 not to be used after 2100 Monday 09 January 2011.


THIS IS FOR EDUCATION AND INTEREST ONLY AND SHOULD NEVER BE USED OPERATIONALLY.





--
Phil
Guildford

On Jan 24, 3:02*pm, jhn374 wrote:
I know Paul used to post on here for many years, so many will be sad
to hear he passed away last night :-(
It was announced on his website today:-http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?id=7

Dear me. Spoke to Paul on a couple of occasions over Christmas in the
days of no internet at home in the late 90s, always full of wisdom.

He leaves not only a legacy of this newsgroup but a whopping great
high pressure after him, and I think on the day of his passing that
its location wasn't far off:
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...ka20120123.gif

Richard

"jhn374" wrote in message
...
I know Paul used to post on here for many years, so many will be sad
to hear he passed away last night :-(
It was announced on his website today:-
http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?id=7

I can only echo the sentiments of others on the group.
I recall that his winter forecasts were eagerly awaited
every November. They usually weren't what cold
weather fans wanted to hear, but they were usually right!

RIP Paul.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

On Jan 24, 4:36*pm, "Norman" wrote:

Very sad news, indeed. I never met Paul and knew of him only through u.s.w.
Like several of us here, he originated in the "pencil and rubber" generation of
weather forecasting and later in his career was able to expoit the developing
technology. He was clearly an enthusiast for his craft. The "Bartlett High" is
a fitting memory.

Maybe we can have a whip-round to reserve the third "P" in the DWD
high namings for this year in memoriam !

http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/adopt-a-vortex/hoch2012/

Richard