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Re: Ciara
As far as I'm concerned the Met Office and other associations got it pretty much correct.
For Ciara they forecast 60 to 80 mph winds with lots of rain and possible flooding to the North of England and possibly Scotland.
For Dennis they forecast slightly lighter winds of 50 to 60 mph winds but more severe problems due to heavy rain and snowmelt causing flooding.
If you look at the reports online and no doubt the TV news, you will see horrendous conditions especially in the South Wales valleys.
I'm grateful that they gave us the warnings they did, but when faced with conditions such as thesis, sadly there's not much done can do about it with 5 feet of floodwater coming through your house.
I did see a report this morning that the government are planning to spend "huge" amounts on flood prevention, with over a third of it going to London and the South East.
For Ciara they forecast 60 to 80 mph winds with lots of rain and possible flooding to the North of England and possibly Scotland.
For Dennis they forecast slightly lighter winds of 50 to 60 mph winds but more severe problems due to heavy rain and snowmelt causing flooding.
If you look at the reports online and no doubt the TV news, you will see horrendous conditions especially in the South Wales valleys.
I'm grateful that they gave us the warnings they did, but when faced with conditions such as thesis, sadly there's not much done can do about it with 5 feet of floodwater coming through your house.
I did see a report this morning that the government are planning to spend "huge" amounts on flood prevention, with over a third of it going to London and the South East.
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Re: Ciara
Mick, the "weather" is a chaotic system.
In the true sense of the word.
It is unstable and small changes in many factors make large differences.
Perhaps especially topography.
You (or anybody else) cannot put the weather in a neat "box".
Some folk find this hard- this chaos- they love order, and fixed predictability.
Anything away from those safe and secure features and they seem troubled.
Other folk (and I sort of count myself amongst them) like a bit of decent chaos!
They accept that much in life is unpredictable and surprising- that adds interest and spice.
Indeed an ordered life is viewed with some horror!!
This is, I hasten to add, not being just a little organised and prepared.
By and large the Met Office do good work forecasting. Though many folk, perhaps especially urban folk, often seem very uninterested in forecast weather.
Seemingly surprised if one says, "something" is on the way.
And often critical of the capabilities of the weather men; "they never get it right"etc.
It bears some similarity to scepticism about politics and while not exclusively a UK phenomena is is certainly well developed here.
Named storm Ciara was muted by Alex Deakin (online) some 5 or 6 days in advance.
Something of a triumph of forecasting, nothing showed on the pressure charts at that time.
Dennis too was predicted well before "he" took real form.
Mostly the warnings are accurate and useful.
Although very sadly little can be done to ameliorate such intense (and to date unusual) rainfall. Parts of the Beacons had 5 or 6".
In the true sense of the word.
It is unstable and small changes in many factors make large differences.
Perhaps especially topography.
You (or anybody else) cannot put the weather in a neat "box".
Some folk find this hard- this chaos- they love order, and fixed predictability.
Anything away from those safe and secure features and they seem troubled.
Other folk (and I sort of count myself amongst them) like a bit of decent chaos!
They accept that much in life is unpredictable and surprising- that adds interest and spice.
Indeed an ordered life is viewed with some horror!!
This is, I hasten to add, not being just a little organised and prepared.
By and large the Met Office do good work forecasting. Though many folk, perhaps especially urban folk, often seem very uninterested in forecast weather.
Seemingly surprised if one says, "something" is on the way.
And often critical of the capabilities of the weather men; "they never get it right"etc.
It bears some similarity to scepticism about politics and while not exclusively a UK phenomena is is certainly well developed here.
Named storm Ciara was muted by Alex Deakin (online) some 5 or 6 days in advance.
Something of a triumph of forecasting, nothing showed on the pressure charts at that time.
Dennis too was predicted well before "he" took real form.
Mostly the warnings are accurate and useful.
Although very sadly little can be done to ameliorate such intense (and to date unusual) rainfall. Parts of the Beacons had 5 or 6".
Re: Ciara
This depends on where you live and if you find them useful.PDQ Mobile wrote:Mostly the warnings are accurate and useful.
The Met Office have us in The Tamar Valley Mining District.
They are usually wrong because their gauges and detector systems aren't in the Tamar Valley Mining District at all.
If they were to ring me on the phone, I could tell them what the weather is now and will be over the next few hours.
Yellow Wind Warning in place for today.
Not one breath of wind here and it's not raining either, plus the temp is 9degC.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Mick F, sorry, but no: tis' Denzil from Penwith what bothers the likes o' we, twenty pints on a Friday night before he drives his tractor home from the pub.
It's a different world, Penwith; not at all like the rest of Cornwall - missionaries still appear from time to time, wasting their days trying to learn how to make 'proper job' pasties (eat your heart out, Mr Samworth).
Ah, such happy days.
It's a different world, Penwith; not at all like the rest of Cornwall - missionaries still appear from time to time, wasting their days trying to learn how to make 'proper job' pasties (eat your heart out, Mr Samworth).
Ah, such happy days.
Re: Ciara
When the Met Office get their billion pound computer (located in Iceland or Norway to take advantage of cheaper electricity) forecasts will become more accurate.
Read about it here... BBC News - Met Office forecasters set for 'billion pound' supercomputer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51504002
It will be able to forecast the weather in each 100m square! ie Micks Garden
Al
Read about it here... BBC News - Met Office forecasters set for 'billion pound' supercomputer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51504002
It will be able to forecast the weather in each 100m square! ie Micks Garden
Al
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Re: Ciara
al_yrpal wrote:
It will be able to forecast the weather in each 100m square! ie Micks Garden
Al
Mick's garden is bigger than that so it should be easy then.
On the other hand Mick could provide the data and the forecast fot the rest of Cornwall based on his observations.
And some hanging seaweed.
They would be more accurate in his view.
Re: Ciara
al_yrpal wrote:When the Met Office get their billion pound computer (located in Iceland or Norway to take advantage of cheaper electricity) forecasts will become more accurate.
Read about it here... BBC News - Met Office forecasters set for 'billion pound' supercomputer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51504002
It will be able to forecast the weather in each 100m square! ie Micks Garden
Al
Invitations to the IT industry to bid for the project are being drawn up and will go out near the end of the year.
And the start date for the new machine will be sometime in late 2022.
I've heard that one before. I did 50 years in the computer industry and never saw anything to contradict the axiom that the pricier a project the later it'll be up & running and further over budget it'll be. See Denver Airport baggage-handling system.
Have we got time for another cuppa?
Re: Ciara
PDQ Mobile wrote:Mick, the "weather" is a chaotic system.
In the true sense of the word.
It is unstable and small changes in many factors make large differences.
Perhaps especially topography.
You (or anybody else) cannot put the weather in a neat "box"
Agreed
Some folk find this hard- this chaos- they love order, and fixed predictability.
Anything away from those safe and secure features and they seem troubled.
Other folk (and I sort of count myself amongst them) like a bit of decent chaos!
They accept that much in life is unpredictable and surprising- that adds interest and spice.
Indeed an ordered life is viewed with some horror!!
That's not surprising,order and predictability = stability.
A little chaos is manageable but 2m of flood water in your living room and kitchen is not the sort of chaos most people would like or welcome,such chaos causes major upset and increased mental stress over a long period
By and large the Met Office do good work forecasting. Though many folk, perhaps especially urban folk, often seem very uninterested in forecast weather.
Seemingly surprised if one says, "something" is on the way.
And often critical of the capabilities of the weather men; "they never get it right"etc.
It bears some similarity to scepticism about politics and while not exclusively a UK phenomena is is certainly well developed here
In the areas where extreme weather doesn't affect people they don't worry because they don't need to,their outlook is blinkered in that respect.
Once such extremes affect or threaten to affect their lives they are far more aware.
Named storm Ciara was muted by Alex Deakin (online) some 5 or 6 days in advance.
Something of a triumph of forecasting, nothing showed on the pressure charts at that time.
Dennis too was predicted well before "he" took real form.
Mostly the warnings are accurate and useful.
Although very sadly little can be done to ameliorate such intense (and to date unusual) rainfall. Parts of the Beacons had 5 or 6".
Quite!
And the worst of it is that Ciara and Dennis were in quick succession therefore not allowing any recovery leading to a doubling of the worst conditions.
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Re: Ciara
PDQ Mobile wrote:al_yrpal wrote:
It will be able to forecast the weather in each 100m square! ie Micks Garden
Al
Mick's garden is bigger than that so it should be easy then.
On the other hand Mick could provide the data and the forecast fot the rest of Cornwall based on his observations.
And some hanging seaweed.
They would be more accurate in his view.
That's because he's talking nonsense.
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I have to say, I just love this juxtaposition of headline and piccy - don't you?
(Cut from Grauniad's website; I added the ellipse):
(Cut from Grauniad's website; I added the ellipse):
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
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Re: Ciara
reohn2 wrote:PDQ Mobile wrote:Mick, the "weather" is a chaotic system.
In the true sense of the word.
It is unstable and small changes in many factors make large differences.
Perhaps especially topography.
You (or anybody else) cannot put the weather in a neat "box"
AgreedSome folk find this hard- this chaos- they love order, and fixed predictability.
Anything away from those safe and secure features and they seem troubled.
Other folk (and I sort of count myself amongst them) like a bit of decent chaos!
They accept that much in life is unpredictable and surprising- that adds interest and spice.
Indeed an ordered life is viewed with some horror!!
That's not surprising,order and predictability = stability.
A little chaos is manageable but 2m of flood water in your living room and kitchen is not the sort of chaos most people would like or welcome,such chaos causes major upset and increased mental stress over a long period
Oh I agree and I am very sorry for those affected.
It's grim.
We were lucky in N Wales, by and large.
My "chaos" is really a reference to a certain personal "happy-go-lucky" attitude that has seen me through some unexpected events in life, and dare I say weather!
Perhaps flexibility is a better description!
I am certainly not an obsessive collector of anything (except firewood! which is the opposite of chaotic of course), or a maker of long lists.
And I am not an obsessive sceptic of the Met Office, because I recognise the quintessential truth that they are dealing with a system that IS chaotic and therefore unpredictable in every last detail.
Sometimes the Met get it very wrong but it is the rare exception not the rule.
To continually critise because one lives in a microclimate seems rather blinkered to the whole big picture. IMV
Now what does that remind me of!?
I'll get me coat.