rant on/ What is it about us that stops the Met Office /BBC etc. forecasting (and reporting) the humidity? Other countries seem to be able to impart this knowledge to their citizens/subjects without serious revolt, but here I can't remember when I last saw an "official" mention of it on a forecast aimed at us, the general public. What's the problem? Are THEY trying to stop us buying air-conditioning? rant off/
Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful person Malcolm Stewart <[email hidden]> said
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What's the problem? Are THEY trying to stop us buying air-conditioning?
You have to remember that the powers-that-be are of the opinion that we are all too stupid to understand isobars (c.f. new BBC forecast format) so there's no chance we could understand '70% RH'. 'Sticky and uncomfortable' is the closest you'll get.
Good call on the Aircon though. Now it's showing up in most mainstream autos it is only a matter of time before Joe Public says 'why should I be less comfortable at home than on the M1', and starts buying it. Buy shares in Aircon companies.....
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Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful person Malcolm Stewart <[email hidden]> said
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What's the problem? Are THEY trying to stop us buying air-conditioning?
You have to remember that the powers-that-be are of the opinion that we are all too stupid to understand isobars (c.f. new BBC forecast format) so there's no chance we could understand '70% RH'. 'Sticky and uncomfortable' is the closest you'll get.
Good call on the Aircon though. Now it's showing up in most mainstream autos it is only a matter of time before Joe Public says 'why should I be less comfortable at home than on the M1', and starts buying it. Buy shares in Aircon companies.....
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rant on/ What is it about us that stops the Met Office /BBC etc. forecasting (and reporting) the humidity? Other countries seem to be able to impart this knowledge to their citizens/subjects without serious revolt,
the BBC seem to be all about style and presentation rather than useful content.
Plenty of very detailed weather info out there on the web, with the German GFS and the American NOGAPS being excellent freely available sources, pity our met office keep all there info hidden from us mere mortals. (even though we pay for it in our taxes)
NOGAPS do excellent Humidity charts within their forcast system.
Interestingly it was NOGAPS this week that first detailed the large amounts of cloud cover currently effecting the far NW when the Met Office were showing clear skies!
Hopefully there should be a lot less cloud early next week, and I can get up north and knock off a few tops!
rant on/ What is it about us that stops the Met Office /BBC etc. forecasting (and reporting) the humidity? Other countries seem to be able to impart this knowledge to their citizens/subjects without serious revolt, but here I can't remember when I last saw an "official" mention of it on a forecast aimed at us, the general public. What's the problem? Are THEY trying to stop us buying air-conditioning? rant off/
I'm dissolving in my own sweat...
Get a weather station. It's 44% in my house and 56% (rising) outside at the moment. Can't tell you the minimum and maximum because I just reset temperature and humidity.
Temp 13.3 (falling) Barometer 1026 mb and forecast icon is sunshine. (Not before dawn, you understand). ;-) -- Gordon Harris
rant on/ What is it about us that stops the Met Office /BBC etc. forecasting (and reporting) the humidity? Other countries seem to be able to impart this knowledge to their citizens/subjects without serious revolt, but here I can't remember when I last saw an "official" mention of it on a forecast aimed at us, the general public. What's the problem? Are THEY trying to stop us buying air-conditioning? rant off/
I have a floor covering in my kitchen that starts to aborb moisture and changes colour when humidity is above 50%. Recently humidity has been so unusually high that not only did it actually start to feel wet as well as look wet, but I discovered I have a small hygroscopic rug which starts becoming slightly damp to the touch at somewhere over 60% (I walk over it in bare feet every morning, and I don't recall that happening before in the last several years. -- Chris Malcolm [email hidden] +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]
In article <[email hidden]>, Malcolm Stewart <[email hidden]> writes
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What is it about us that stops the Met Office /BBC etc. forecasting (and reporting) the humidity?
Doesn't the BBC local 24 and 5 day give you what you want? <http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3478> Regards, Colin -- Colin Brook - Winchester (UK) [email hidden] Tel:+44(0)1962-714030 Fax:+44(0)8701641293 Mobile:07976258703
Excellent - just what I need. And it even recognises the existence of Milton Keynes!
Pity that the TV broadcasts are now so dumbed down - perhaps this is a realisation that our education system isn't as wonderful as the politicians expect us to believe.
Pity that the TV broadcasts are now so dumbed down - perhaps this is a realisation that our education system isn't as wonderful as the politicians expect us to believe.
It would be better if they didn't seem to have the strange idea that pressure charts covering a sensible area are only of interest to people near or on the sea.
On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:53:58 +0100, "Malcolm Stewart" <[email hidden]> wrote:
| rant on/ | What is it about us that stops the Met Office /BBC etc. forecasting (and | reporting) the humidity? Other countries seem to be able to impart this | knowledge to their citizens/subjects without serious revolt, but here I | can't remember when I last saw an "official" mention of it on a forecast | aimed at us, the general public. What's the problem? Are THEY trying to | stop us buying air-conditioning? | rant off/
Well on BBC1 Look North Paultheweatherman gives a warning of high humidity when it may occur.
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On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:53:58 +0100, "Malcolm Stewart" <[email hidden]> wrote:
| rant on/ | What is it about us that stops the Met Office /BBC etc. forecasting (and | reporting) the humidity? Other countries seem to be able to impart this | knowledge to their citizens/subjects without serious revolt, but here I | can't remember when I last saw an "official" mention of it on a forecast | aimed at us, the general public. What's the problem? Are THEY trying to | stop us buying air-conditioning? | rant off/
Well on BBC1 Look North Paultheweatherman gives a warning of high humidity when it may occur.
Low humidity is more significant to me, today's minimum was 22%, so I got my bedding washed, dried and replaced in record time. -- Gordon Harris
