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As time goes on I am fearing that the Model Output Discussion is going to degenerate into the usual summer fare, where the UK's weather is over-simplistically divided into two types: "settled" aka "good", and "unsettled" aka "bad".
The main problem is that the desire for "settled" weather, for most...
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Thundery wintry showers
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Currently back at UEA having spent 6 months at the Met Office, still doing my PhD.I do monthly weather forecasts on the website Net-Weather. Yes, I have to admit to being something of a weather enthusiast. I am also starting to release maps for my Escape from Enemy Mountain mod for Doom 3.
My main meteorological passions are sunshine and convective precipitation (especially when there is a chance of thunderstorms and/or temperatures are near freezing), and episodic/fluctuating synoptic patterns with contrasting temperatures.
My main meteorological passions are sunshine and convective precipitation (especially when there is a chance of thunderstorms and/or temperatures are near freezing), and episodic/fluctuating synoptic patterns with contrasting temperatures.
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- Group Long range forecast team
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- Member Title Cumulonimbus Incus
- Age 27 years old
- Birthday June 22, 1984
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Cleadon, Tyne and Wear
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Weather (of course!), chess, music, computer gaming, social events, football, tenpin bowling, environmental issues
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Weather Preferences
Sunshine, convective precipitation, snow, thunderstorms, "episodic" months.
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The Land of TWS (aka Ian) > There Is More To The Weather Than Whether It's Settled Or Unsettled
Posted 22 April 2012
The Land of TWS (aka Ian) > A Journey Is Not Just A Means To An End
Posted 17 April 2012
In many walks of life, a journey doesn’t just have to be a means to an end- it can also be about incorporating enjoyment along the way. We see this in sports (referenced in my previous blog) where many fans like to be entertained with end-to-end football matches that end 4-3, in preference to the mechanical grinding out of 1-0 wins.
We’ve all heard...
We’ve all heard...
The Land of TWS (aka Ian) > The "all Out Attackers" Vs "all Rounders" In Sports
Posted 22 January 2012
Having kept a close eye on the recent snooker tournaments and been thoroughly entertained by the all-out attacking style of Judd Trump, I've been seeing a fair number of comments flying around like, "he needs to tone down his attacking instincts, play more safety, mature into an all-rounder". This is a common situation in sports- we had the...
The Land of TWS (aka Ian) > Copyrights Revisited
Posted 08 January 2012
Firstly, a reminder of what copyrights are for: they are to give content creators some control over the use and distribution of their work, typically to protect ownership and/or financial revenues and thus give them an incentive to continue producing. There is a balancing act to strike between copyrights and "fair use", because too much copying...
The Land of TWS (aka Ian) > My Proposals For F1 Penalty Systems For 2012
Posted 01 January 2012
I've been quite a big critic of the F1 penalties for wheel-to-wheel incidents this year, although having recently seen the "Senna" movie, we are still in a much better position than we were a couple of decades ago, when inconsistency was rife, relatively minimal penalties like drive-throughs didn't exist and some drivers got away with a...
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