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Started by 666_pack, June 04, 2009, 10:20:33 AM

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666_pack

June 04, 2009, 10:20:33 AM
Hi All,
I was just wondering how you keep tabs on the weather for planninng trips? I use the below site.

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi

great little site there is a yearly subscription but I don't bother with it as the free charts in the data centre section give you nearly a weeks coverage.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO HAVE FUN

DryBag

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June 04, 2009, 10:31:20 AM

666_pack

#2
June 04, 2009, 10:35:13 AM
Good man John.
I'll have to check those out.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO HAVE FUN

RedLeader

#3
June 04, 2009, 11:32:29 AM
I'll have to add them to my list.

I use the Beeb most but I find them to be a bit inaccurate sometimes. I also use the Accuweather Mournes forecast. You can find it here

Celt_Ginger

#4
June 04, 2009, 04:08:20 PM
Some good info there. Well done those men.

MG1

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June 05, 2009, 01:08:56 PM Last Edit: July 13, 2011, 12:53:49 PM by MG1
I would use Accu weather as well its pretty good.
If you die with all your parts working your not trying hard enough!

Michelle

#6
June 13, 2009, 10:10:20 PM
Man! I thought this thread was going to be kinda "ye olde" methods of weather forcasting such as lumps of sea weed. low flying swallows, ducks in the harbour etc :(
Fun is not a straight line

Celt_Ginger

#7
June 14, 2009, 09:51:12 PM
Stick your hand out from under your tarp. if it comes back in wet, it's raining. If it's dry, it's nor raining.

indianian

#8
August 03, 2009, 10:59:50 PM
easiest way to tell the weather, is if you cant see the mourns its raining, if you can see the mourns its going to rain, 

666_pack

#9
August 10, 2009, 02:19:35 PM
amen to that brother. ;D
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO HAVE FUN

DryBag

#10
July 13, 2011, 12:37:59 PM
Saw this story on the BBC website today and it reminded me of this old post.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14087734

LandyLiam

#11
July 13, 2011, 02:51:03 PM
hard to beat the old weather stone  ;)

think outside, no box required

cerbera147

#12
July 14, 2011, 08:41:55 AM
Quote from: LandyLiam on July 13, 2011, 02:51:03 PM
hard to beat the old weather stone  ;)



Technology today; flippin' amazing  ;D

I wonder how they maintain the accuracy of the stone  ???

LandyLiam

#13
July 14, 2011, 10:32:39 AM
You can't just use any old stone, there is a master stone at the Met Office Headquarters, all others stones must match the porphyritic texture and contain the same number of phenocrysts with similar euhedral forms and as such the phenocryst count is inversely proportional to the accuracy of the stone. Many cheap Chinese copies are composed of a granodiorite and plagioclase composite which is fine when new but calibration drifts over a short period of time and can results in wild inaccuracies, e.g. it is rumoured that Michael Fish used one of these inferior stones on the morning the great October storm in 1987  ::)
think outside, no box required

cerbera147

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July 14, 2011, 01:37:49 PM
And there was me thinking I could just go to the beach and grab a stone and have my own weather station  :-\

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