Slightly off topic unless you are interested in comparing what other
countries' met offices web sites are like compared to UKMO. This is for
Canada - if you've not seen it, the presentation, explainations and what you
get for free is terrific.The forecasts and info for UK sites looked accurate
and well presented as well.
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/canada_e.html

Dave

Dave

Yep I agree - one of those sites I check on daily, only because of the
extremes of weather they have. Check on a place called Alert, -35c - don't
imagine many people live their but they may have problems starting their
snowmobiles in the morning !

cheers

--
Paul Crabtree
Brampton N.E. Cumbria 117m ASL
Climatological Station 7076

http://mysite.freeserve.com/brampton...ome/index.html

r"Dave C" wrote in message
...
Slightly off topic unless you are interested in comparing what other
countries' met offices web sites are like compared to UKMO. This is for
Canada - if you've not seen it, the presentation, explainations and what
you
get for free is terrific.The forecasts and info for UK sites looked
accurate
and well presented as well.
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/canada_e.html

Dave

In article ,
Paul Crabtree writes:
Check on a place called Alert, -35c - don't
imagine many people live their but they may have problems starting their
snowmobiles in the morning !

The place is well named. At those sort of temperatures, I imagine that
if you don't remain alert to the dangers then you could soon be dead.
--
John Hall

"The beatings will continue until morale improves."
Attributed to the Commander of Japan's Submarine Forces in WW2

I was out in Regina (Saskatchewan) last winter when the temp was down
at -30C. (wind-chill -40C at times)

What was strange was how normal everything was. Its a modern city of 250
000, shopping malls, normal sorts of cars on the roads etc. (Very little
snow on the ground - its right in the heart of the Canada so dry). It was
very easy to get lulled into a false sense of security about the weather and
forget that frostbite was a serious hazard everytime you went out. ..And
tough luck if you didn't remember to plug the engine block heater in when
you parked the car.

(That's when I began to appreciate wind chill warnings on the weather
forecast - not like the BBC!)

Chris Gadsby




"John Hall" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Paul Crabtree writes:
Check on a place called Alert, -35c - don't
imagine many people live their but they may have problems starting their
snowmobiles in the morning !

The place is well named. At those sort of temperatures, I imagine that
if you don't remain alert to the dangers then you could soon be dead.
--
John Hall

"The beatings will continue until morale improves."
Attributed to the Commander of Japan's Submarine Forces in WW2