Interitus, on 02 March 2012 - 17:06 , said:
as the Met Office was part of the Ministry of Defence for a long time.
still is as far as I am aware?
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New Met Office Weather Station - Where Would You Put It?
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 17:18
still is as far as I am aware?
here is my weather station, for local written forecasts or simply browsing further afield.
http://www.johnholmes-weather.co.uk/
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 17:23
According to Wikipedia the Met Office was part of the Ministry of Defence until July 2011, then shifted to being part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills:
http://en.wikipedia....stry_of_Defence
More information here:
http://www.clickgree...l-shake-up.html
http://en.wikipedia....stry_of_Defence
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Weather records for Cleadon, 1993-2011:
http://tws27.50webs....ther/index.html
My personal manifesto can be found here:
http://tws27.50webs.com/index.html
My upcoming modification for Doom 3:
http://tws27.50webs....nemy/index.html
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 17:25
Thundery wintry showers, on 02 March 2012 - 17:23 , said:
According to Wikipedia the Met Office was part of the Ministry of Defence until July 2011, then shifted to being part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills:
http://en.wikipedia....stry_of_Defence
More information here:
http://www.clickgree...l-shake-up.html
http://en.wikipedia....stry_of_Defence
More information here:
http://www.clickgree...l-shake-up.html
I do believe you are correct Ian-old habits die hard and of course they still have the primary obligation to provide weather output to HM Forces whever they are.
here is my weather station, for local written forecasts or simply browsing further afield.
http://www.johnholmes-weather.co.uk/
see my blog for weather updates as I get time and also my plea for preventing getting skin cancer.
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