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Dave
Nov 4, 2015, 2:06:31 PM11/4/15
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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
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
Dave
Nov 4, 2015, 2:13:04 PM11/4/15
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iPhones for you, Weather not Wearher, how do I correct the Subject title?
Dave Cornwell
Nov 4, 2015, 2:31:24 PM11/4/15
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Thanks for the link. I might give it a go.
Dave, S.Essex
Eskimo Will
Nov 4, 2015, 2:38:54 PM11/4/15
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"Dave Cornwell" <davemc...@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
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snow, surrounded by observations of rain :-)
Will
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Norman
Nov 4, 2015, 2:40:50 PM11/4/15
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serious scientific subject rather than just entertainment I might be interested
but, for the moment, no thanks :-(
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John Hall
Nov 4, 2015, 2:58:39 PM11/4/15
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In message <d9v5a0...@mid.individual.net>, Norman
<nor...@invalid.invalid> writes
observers? I wonder why the BBC feel the need to duplicate it.
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<nor...@invalid.invalid> 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
>a serious scientific subject rather than just entertainment I might be
>interested but, for the moment, no thanks :-(
observers? I wonder why the BBC feel the need to duplicate it.
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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
Freddie
Nov 4, 2015, 3:03:55 PM11/4/15
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John Hall <john_...@jhall.co.uk> Wrote in message:
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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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Freddie
Pontesbury
Shropshire
102m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
http://twitter.com/PontesburyWx for hourly reports
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> In message <d9v5a0...@mid.individual.net>, Norman
> <nor...@invalid.invalid> 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 ;-)
> <nor...@invalid.invalid> 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
> "Honest criticism is hard to take,
> particularly from a relative, a friend,
> an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P Jones
>
Freddie
Pontesbury
Shropshire
102m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
http://twitter.com/PontesburyWx for hourly reports
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Stephen Davenport
Nov 4, 2015, 3:06:22 PM11/4/15
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On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 2:58:39 PM UTC-5, John Hall wrote:
> In message <d9v5a0...@mid.individual.net>, Norman
> <nor...@invalid.invalid> 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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> In message <d9v5a0...@mid.individual.net>, Norman
> <nor...@invalid.invalid> 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
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.
Len Wood
Nov 4, 2015, 3:20:52 PM11/4/15
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BBC want to be seen as interactive. It is trying to appease its audience by inviting them to comment on the weather.
Are they opening themselves to abuse about the weather forecasts?
It all seems, and probably is trivial, and not for the likes of us me thinks.
Hopefully it won't make this ng or any of the other weather related forums redundant.
There is a wide audience out there who might like to comment on the weather, so we shall see the level of the postings in the fullness of time.
Len
Wembury, SW Devon
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Richard Dixon
Nov 4, 2015, 4:03:17 PM11/4/15
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On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:38:54 UTC, wi...@lyneside.demon.co.uk 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.
> I might join in myself for a laugh, will be fun this winter reporting heavy
> snow, surrounded by observations of rain :-)
Richard
Dave
Nov 4, 2015, 5:44:51 PM11/4/15
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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.
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.
David Mitchell
Nov 4, 2015, 5:57:57 PM11/4/15
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Referring to Worcester Dave?
Scott W
Nov 4, 2015, 6:32:26 PM11/4/15
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On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:06:31 UTC, Dave wrote:
Sorry to sound like a killjoy but isn't this kind of thing already being done by Twitter etc.
Why, oh why, are the BBC spending money on silly things like this? Surely the money would be better invested in serious meteorology - what the public want to engage with?
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Eskimo Will
Nov 5, 2015, 4:08:57 AM11/5/15
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"Dave" <david...@tesco.net> wrote in message
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" Tracy I think it is raining, my knickers are wet, that's not the rain
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haaark
Nov 6, 2015, 9:11:07 AM11/6/15
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On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 23:32:26 UTC, Scott W wrote:
> On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:06:31 UTC, 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
> On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:06:31 UTC, 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
> d the chance to lend my 'expertise' to this project. From what I've seen so far I'm glad I was too busy to make it.
> Sorry to sound like a killjoy but isn't this kind of thing already being done by Twitter etc.
> Why, oh why, are the BBC spending money on silly things like this? Surely the money would be better invested in serious meteorology - what the public want to engage with?
>
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Serious meteorology? A contradiction in terms for the BBC-it's just another branch of entertainment.
> Sorry to sound like a killjoy but isn't this kind of thing already being done by Twitter etc.
> Why, oh why, are the BBC spending money on silly things like this? Surely the money would be better invested in serious meteorology - what the public want to engage with?
>
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