Oh look its raining again

Brian Gaff

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Feb 22, 2024, 4:15:00 AMFeb 22

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In the last day or so there does seem to have been a lot of very hard rain,
even hail at one point, which points to some very high cloud tops, yet its
not that cold outside but the hectopascals ie Milibars, are dropping.
Which reminds me Have we all got to start calling a barometer a
hectopascalmeter now?
Brian

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Kerr-Mudd, John

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Feb 22, 2024, 5:44:13 AMFeb 22

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On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:14:52 -0000
"Brian Gaff" <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In the last day or so there does seem to have been a lot of very hard rain,
> even hail at one point, which points to some very high cloud tops, yet its
> not that cold outside but the hectopascals ie Milibars, are dropping.
> Which reminds me Have we all got to start calling a barometer a
> hectopascalmeter now?

I refuse to. (Gosh, I'm getting to be quite a feisty sort these days)
>

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Abandoned Trolley

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Feb 22, 2024, 7:12:29 AMFeb 22

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On 22/02/2024 09:14, Brian Gaff wrote:
> In the last day or so there does seem to have been a lot of very hard rain,
> even hail at one point, which points to some very high cloud tops, yet its
> not that cold outside but the hectopascals ie Milibars, are dropping.
> Which reminds me Have we all got to start calling a barometer a
> hectopascalmeter now?
> Brian
>

One of my neighbours has a barometer which has a scale calibrated in "Torr"

Ahem A Rivet's Shot

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Feb 22, 2024, 7:30:03 AMFeb 22

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On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:14:52 -0000
"Brian Gaff" <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Which reminds me Have we all got to start calling a barometer a
> hectopascalmeter now?

A pascalometer or a pasometer perhaps, after all it isn't a
milibarometer.

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Richard Robinson

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Feb 22, 2024, 8:04:23 AMFeb 22

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Ahem A Rivet's Shot said:
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:14:52 -0000
> "Brian Gaff" <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Which reminds me Have we all got to start calling a barometer a
>> hectopascalmeter now?
>
> A pascalometer or a pasometer perhaps, after all it isn't a
> milibarometer.

"A machine for measuring the weight of the sky".

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Tim+

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Feb 22, 2024, 8:34:20 AMFeb 22

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Generating 5kW from the sun here in SW Scotland (between the odd shower).
;-)

Tim

Brian Gaff <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the last day or so there does seem to have been a lot of very hard rain,
> even hail at one point, which points to some very high cloud tops, yet its
> not that cold outside but the hectopascals ie Milibars, are dropping.
> Which reminds me Have we all got to start calling a barometer a
> hectopascalmeter now?
> Brian
>

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Richard Robinson

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Feb 22, 2024, 8:55:07 AMFeb 22

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Tim+ said:
> Generating 5kW from the sun here in SW Scotland (between the odd shower).
> ;-)

How odd ? Fish ? Have you got puddles of Forteans all over the fields ?

> Tim
>
> Brian Gaff <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In the last day or so there does seem to have been a lot of very hard rain,
>> even hail at one point, which points to some very high cloud tops, yet its
>> not that cold outside but the hectopascals ie Milibars, are dropping.
>> Which reminds me Have we all got to start calling a barometer a
>> hectopascalmeter now?
>> Brian
>>
>
>
>

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