On 04/11/2015 19:06, Dave wrote:
www.bbc.co.uk/weatherwatchers

Anyone taking part on here?

I've just posted my first report for Teignmouth, no photos at this time of the evening though.

Cloudy
Temp 12.9c
Pressure 1013mb

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Thanks for the link. I might give it a go.
Dave, S.Essex

"Dave Cornwell" wrote in message
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On 04/11/2015 19:06, Dave wrote:
www.bbc.co.uk/weatherwatchers

Anyone taking part on here?

I've just posted my first report for Teignmouth, no photos at this time
of the evening though.

Cloudy
Temp 12.9c
Pressure 1013mb

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Thanks for the link. I might give it a go.


I might join in myself for a laugh, will be fun this winter reporting heavy
snow, surrounded by observations of rain :-)

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:38:54 UTC, wrote:

I might join in myself for a laugh, will be fun this winter reporting heavy
snow, surrounded by observations of rain :-)

Nonsense, I'll be laughing at you in a raw, roaring Easterly with a foot of snow in Whitstable whilst you're cold but bone dry.

Richard

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Although, I've posted a brief weather report, my concern is the accuracy of the postings, especially with regards to temperature on a hot sunny day. Stick a thermometer in a silly place & you'll get a silly reading.

Referring to Worcester Dave?

"Dave" wrote in message
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Thanks for the feedback guys.

Although, I've posted a brief weather report, my concern is the accuracy
of the postings, especially with regards to temperature on a hot sunny
day. Stick a thermometer in a silly place & you'll get a silly reading.


Sharon and Tracy returning from a girls night out in suburban Essex.

" Tracy I think it is raining, my knickers are wet, that's not the rain
Sharon "

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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Dave Cornwell wrote:

On 04/11/2015 19:06, Dave wrote:
www.bbc.co.uk/weatherwatchers

Anyone taking part on here?

I've just posted my first report for Teignmouth, no photos at this time of
the evening though.

Cloudy
Temp 12.9c
Pressure 1013mb

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Thanks for the link. I might give it a go.
Dave, S.Essex

If I thought that this was the start of the BBC treating meteorology as a
serious scientific subject rather than just entertainment I might be interested
but, for the moment, no thanks :-(

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In message , Norman
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If I thought that this was the start of the BBC treating meteorology as
a serious scientific subject rather than just entertainment I might be
interested but, for the moment, no thanks :-(

Don't the Met Office already have a very similar scheme for amateur
observers? I wonder why the BBC feel the need to duplicate it.
--
John Hall
"Honest criticism is hard to take,
particularly from a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P Jones

John Hall Wrote in message:
In message , Norman
writes
If I thought that this was the start of the BBC treating meteorology as
a serious scientific subject rather than just entertainment I might be
interested but, for the moment, no thanks :-(

Don't the Met Office already have a very similar scheme for amateur
observers? I wonder why the BBC feel the need to duplicate it.

They obviously need their own Wow factor ;-)

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John Hall
"Honest criticism is hard to take,
particularly from a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P Jones



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Shropshire
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http://twitter.com/PontesburyWx for hourly reports


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On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 2:58:39 PM UTC-5, John Hall wrote:
In message , Norman
writes
If I thought that this was the start of the BBC treating meteorology as
a serious scientific subject rather than just entertainment I might be
interested but, for the moment, no thanks :-(

Don't the Met Office already have a very similar scheme for amateur
observers? I wonder why the BBC feel the need to duplicate it.
--
John Hall

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I guess because the are a separate entity to the Met Office and this sort of thing is becoming common. Weather Underground has been doing it for years - part of the reason they got bought by The Weather Channel. Which in turn is part of the reason IBM has bought parts of the The Weather Channel. Big Data looms large in the future of many spheres, and meteorology is one of them. Crowd sourcing is part of that. The BBC's scheme is a simple take on this.

Stephen.