I see that the observing site on Sule Skerry (03010) closed on 27th
March 2019. It opened in 1952 with manual obs being done by the
lighthouse keepers. When the lighthouse was automated an AWS was
installed. The AWS has now been decommissioned due to the difficult
access for maintenance purposes. So, another long-running set of
observations comes to an end. In my days as an Assistant in the Met
Office at Prestwick Airport the obs from Sule Skerry were amongst the
first that the forecasters wanted to see plotted on the charts. How
priorities change!

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

On Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:02:51 UTC+1, Norman Lynagh wrote:
I see that the observing site on Sule Skerry (03010) closed on 27th
March 2019. It opened in 1952 with manual obs being done by the
lighthouse keepers. When the lighthouse was automated an AWS was
installed. The AWS has now been decommissioned due to the difficult
access for maintenance purposes. So, another long-running set of
observations comes to an end. In my days as an Assistant in the Met
Office at Prestwick Airport the obs from Sule Skerry were amongst the
first that the forecasters wanted to see plotted on the charts. How
priorities change!


Maybe it was under-reporting AGW, he said only half-mischievously.

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

On Thursday, 2 May 2019 10:08:24 UTC+1, kvet wrote:
On Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:02:51 UTC+1, Norman Lynagh wrote:
I see that the observing site on Sule Skerry (03010) closed on 27th
March 2019. It opened in 1952 with manual obs being done by the
lighthouse keepers. When the lighthouse was automated an AWS was
installed. The AWS has now been decommissioned due to the difficult
access for maintenance purposes. So, another long-running set of
observations comes to an end. In my days as an Assistant in the Met
Office at Prestwick Airport the obs from Sule Skerry were amongst the
first that the forecasters wanted to see plotted on the charts. How
priorities change!


Maybe it was under-reporting AGW, he said only half-mischievously.

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

The one remaining Norwegian weather ship, and a handful of research and fishing vessels may be the only clues to developments taking place in, for example, the Norwegian Sea.
Little did he know they didn't want him to know the little he thought he knew. For example this faqs was written years ago.
http://weather.org.uk/resource/ukswxfaq.htm#2B.4