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Radio 4's shipping broadcast can also supply the observant with an idea of how much precipitation his own locality will recieve.
You are probably aware of the weather conditions that are likely to develop or continue when you hear the General Synopsis.
For example you most likely know that if a Low Pressure system is slated to move from SE Iceland to Bailey or somewhere there in the NW; the weather is likely to be fine further south?
That if it looks like crossing in from Shannon, you will be drinking salt....
Do you know that you can work the coastal station reports in a similar way? I used to tape the forecast and then write down what these stations stated the barometer read.
The reports are given clockwise around Britain from NE Scotland. I haven't done it lately as I lost my temper with the BBC messing with it without appreciating what they had. But here is what would happen around Sunny Rhyl:
If the air pressure increased evenly from the N of Scoland to the Channel (Jersey or Channel LVA, usually) and then ran evenly down back up; there would be no mist or precipitation.
Steps up or down would indicate either mist or rain and even differentiate between them according to how many steps and how much difference in the pressure N to S there was.
Where the tide is different to that of Rhyl, which is about 1/4 hr later than Liverpool, Bristol for example the weather behaved slightly differently.
I believe that it changed as the tidal constants change around the UK.
Anyone interested enough to try it, let me know how you get on and from which ports you made the observations.
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You are probably aware of the weather conditions that are likely to develop or continue when you hear the General Synopsis.
For example you most likely know that if a Low Pressure system is slated to move from SE Iceland to Bailey or somewhere there in the NW; the weather is likely to be fine further south?
That if it looks like crossing in from Shannon, you will be drinking salt....
Do you know that you can work the coastal station reports in a similar way? I used to tape the forecast and then write down what these stations stated the barometer read.
The reports are given clockwise around Britain from NE Scotland. I haven't done it lately as I lost my temper with the BBC messing with it without appreciating what they had. But here is what would happen around Sunny Rhyl:
If the air pressure increased evenly from the N of Scoland to the Channel (Jersey or Channel LVA, usually) and then ran evenly down back up; there would be no mist or precipitation.
Steps up or down would indicate either mist or rain and even differentiate between them according to how many steps and how much difference in the pressure N to S there was.
Where the tide is different to that of Rhyl, which is about 1/4 hr later than Liverpool, Bristol for example the weather behaved slightly differently.
I believe that it changed as the tidal constants change around the UK.
Anyone interested enough to try it, let me know how you get on and from which ports you made the observations.
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