Op dinsdag 4 juni 2019 16:11:26 UTC+2 schreef :
... and also thums? Any idea what this might be as her writing is in pencil and very tiny?

Not thorms, by any chance ?

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!to...sh/isDdWCr5OFw
Scroll down to the longish post by (the late) Philip Eden, dated 12.03.02

https://twitter.com/hashtag/thorms?src=hash

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/word...zle-t5741.html

http://www.scrabulary.us/2013/07/scr...horms.html?m=1

Colin Youngs
Brussels

www.woksat.info/wwp.html
wrote in message
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Very pleased to find this thread as I am typing up a late aunt's diaries
from 1943. She was a Met Wren and worked at various air stations during the
war. She uses this word (which I am delighted to have explained) and also
thums? Any idea what this might be as her writing is in pencil and very
tiny?
Many thanks to anyone who can help

Baratic is the old name for a surface mslp analysis chart, also known as
ASXX. There is also a term Prebaratic used for a forecast mslp chart, also
known as FSXX.

THUM is the name for a Temperature and Humidity Measurement by aircraft.
These were used widely in the years around ww2, and continued from selected
RAF airfields into the 50s, possibly later.

--
Bernard Burton
Weather data and satellite images at:



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Bernard Burton wrote:

www.woksat.info/wwp.html
wrote in message
... Very
pleased to find this thread as I am typing up a late aunt's diaries
from 1943. She was a Met Wren and worked at various air stations
during the war. She uses this word (which I am delighted to have
explained) and also thums? Any idea what this might be as her writing
is in pencil and very tiny? Many thanks to anyone who can help

Baratic is the old name for a surface mslp analysis chart, also known
as ASXX. There is also a term Prebaratic used for a forecast mslp
chart, also known as FSXX.

THUM is the name for a Temperature and Humidity Measurement by
aircraft. These were used widely in the years around ww2, and
continued from selected RAF airfields into the 50s, possibly later.

Thanks for that, Bernard! I recognised the term THUM but couldn't
remember what it referred to. It was either still in use when I started
in the Met Office in 1961 or had only very recently been discontinued.
It was certainly a term that I remember being used.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr

On Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 5:18:59 PM UTC+1, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Bernard Burton wrote:

www.woksat.info/wwp.html
wrote in message
.. Very
pleased to find this thread as I am typing up a late aunt's diaries
from 1943. She was a Met Wren and worked at various air stations
during the war. She uses this word (which I am delighted to have
explained) and also thums? Any idea what this might be as her writing
is in pencil and very tiny? Many thanks to anyone who can help

Baratic is the old name for a surface mslp analysis chart, also known
as ASXX. There is also a term Prebaratic used for a forecast mslp
chart, also known as FSXX.

THUM is the name for a Temperature and Humidity Measurement by
aircraft. These were used widely in the years around ww2, and
continued from selected RAF airfields into the 50s, possibly later.

Thanks for that, Bernard! I recognised the term THUM but couldn't
remember what it referred to. It was either still in use when I started
in the Met Office in 1961 or had only very recently been discontinued.
It was certainly a term that I remember being used.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr

I understood that the pre-baratic was a euphemism for eratic forecast,
but no one in those days wanted it to be seen as such.
;-()

Len
Wembury

On 04/06/2019 17:18, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Bernard Burton wrote:

www.woksat.info/wwp.html
wrote in message
... Very
pleased to find this thread as I am typing up a late aunt's diaries
from 1943. She was a Met Wren and worked at various air stations
during the war. She uses this word (which I am delighted to have
explained) and also thums? Any idea what this might be as her writing
is in pencil and very tiny? Many thanks to anyone who can help

Baratic is the old name for a surface mslp analysis chart, also known
as ASXX. There is also a term Prebaratic used for a forecast mslp
chart, also known as FSXX.

THUM is the name for a Temperature and Humidity Measurement by
aircraft. These were used widely in the years around ww2, and
continued from selected RAF airfields into the 50s, possibly later.

Thanks for that, Bernard! I recognised the term THUM but couldn't
remember what it referred to. It was either still in use when I started
in the Met Office in 1961 or had only very recently been discontinued.
It was certainly a term that I remember being used.


There was also the Balthum from Cardington of course.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Web-site: http://www.scarlet-jade.com/
With great power comes great electricity bill.
OS: Linux [openSUSE Tumbleweed]

Graham P Davis wrote:

On 04/06/2019 17:18, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Bernard Burton wrote:

www.woksat.info/wwp.html
wrote in message
...
Very pleased to find this thread as I am typing up a late aunt's
diaries from 1943. She was a Met Wren and worked at various air
stations during the war. She uses this word (which I am delighted
to have explained) and also thums? Any idea what this might be as
her writing is in pencil and very tiny? Many thanks to anyone
who can help

Baratic is the old name for a surface mslp analysis chart, also
known as ASXX. There is also a term Prebaratic used for a
forecast mslp chart, also known as FSXX.

THUM is the name for a Temperature and Humidity Measurement by
aircraft. These were used widely in the years around ww2, and
continued from selected RAF airfields into the 50s, possibly
later.

Thanks for that, Bernard! I recognised the term THUM but couldn't
remember what it referred to. It was either still in use when I
started in the Met Office in 1961 or had only very recently been
discontinued. It was certainly a term that I remember being used.


There was also the Balthum from Cardington of course.

Indeed there was. I remember that one. When did that pack up?

The one that really used to bug me was plotting the Bismuth obs. I
never did get that code engrained in my memory so there was always a
lot of looking up tables

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr

On 05/06/2019 19:53, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Graham P Davis wrote:

On 04/06/2019 17:18, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Bernard Burton wrote:

www.woksat.info/wwp.html
wrote in message
...
Very pleased to find this thread as I am typing up a late aunt's
diaries from 1943. She was a Met Wren and worked at various air
stations during the war. She uses this word (which I am delighted
to have explained) and also thums? Any idea what this might be as
her writing is in pencil and very tiny? Many thanks to anyone
who can help

Baratic is the old name for a surface mslp analysis chart, also
known as ASXX. There is also a term Prebaratic used for a
forecast mslp chart, also known as FSXX.

THUM is the name for a Temperature and Humidity Measurement by
aircraft. These were used widely in the years around ww2, and
continued from selected RAF airfields into the 50s, possibly
later.

Thanks for that, Bernard! I recognised the term THUM but couldn't
remember what it referred to. It was either still in use when I
started in the Met Office in 1961 or had only very recently been
discontinued. It was certainly a term that I remember being used.


There was also the Balthum from Cardington of course.

Indeed there was. I remember that one. When did that pack up?

Don't remember. When I was at Wyton in '62, we used to take their
weather report and and send them lightning-risk forecasts over one of
those old telephones where you had to wind a handle to call them. Their
lightning was basically ours raised by one. So, if ours was 2, theirs
would be 1. Cautious!


The one that really used to bug me was plotting the Bismuth obs. I
never did get that code engrained in my memory so there was always a
lot of looking up tables


Yes, I learnt how to plot that thing in Training School but I don't
recall having to plot one for real.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Web-site: http://www.scarlet-jade.com/
With great power comes great electricity bill.
OS: Linux [openSUSE Tumbleweed]

Graham P Davis wrote:

On 05/06/2019 19:53, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Graham P Davis wrote:

On 04/06/2019 17:18, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Bernard Burton wrote:

www.woksat.info/wwp.html
wrote in message
...
Very pleased to find this thread as I am typing up a late
aunt's diaries from 1943. She was a Met Wren and worked at
various air stations during the war. She uses this word
(which I am delighted to have explained) and also thums? Any
idea what this might be as her writing is in pencil and very
tiny? Many thanks to anyone who can help

Baratic is the old name for a surface mslp analysis chart,
also known as ASXX. There is also a term Prebaratic used for a
forecast mslp chart, also known as FSXX.

THUM is the name for a Temperature and Humidity Measurement by
aircraft. These were used widely in the years around ww2, and
continued from selected RAF airfields into the 50s, possibly
later.

Thanks for that, Bernard! I recognised the term THUM but
couldn't remember what it referred to. It was either still in
use when I started in the Met Office in 1961 or had only very
recently been discontinued. It was certainly a term that I
remember being used.


There was also the Balthum from Cardington of course.

Indeed there was. I remember that one. When did that pack up?

Don't remember. When I was at Wyton in '62, we used to take their
weather report and and send them lightning-risk forecasts over one of
those old telephones where you had to wind a handle to call them.
Their lightning was basically ours raised by one. So, if ours was 2,
theirs would be 1. Cautious!


The one that really used to bug me was plotting the Bismuth obs. I
never did get that code engrained in my memory so there was always a
lot of looking up tables


Yes, I learnt how to plot that thing in Training School but I don't
recall having to plot one for real.

Some of the forecasters at Prestwick Airport, where I started my
working life, were very keen to have the Bismuth obs plotted on the
European charts. They were therefore plotted 'on demand'.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr