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    Derek
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    A new mountain weather service is available from Metcheck.com

    metcheck.commountain.asp

    there is a good range of locations though I did have to inform them of some errors, ie they had a
    Cwydian Range and a Ciwidian range also the Brecon Beacons and the Brecknock Mountains. These errors
    were changed within minutes after emailing them. There may also be errors with some of the Scottish
    mountain ranges, perhaps some one with a better knowledge than myself of the Scottish hills can
    email Metcheck with any errors.

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  2. Jim Ford
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    * Derek <[email hidden]> deigned to grace uk.rec.walking
    * with their presence by declaiming:

    Quoted message said:

    A new mountain weather service is available from Metcheck.com

    metcheck.commountain.asp

    Useful site - thanks for the info. I'll be hitting the Cairngorms next week, so I'll be keeping an
    eye on the weather.

    Regards: Jim Ford

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  3. Stuart
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    What a choice ! to name a few Scottish hills Buachaille Etive Mor & Buachaille Etive Beag
    .....what precision

    Cairngorm & Grampian Mountains......now vagueness Coolin Hills & Cuillin Mountains .........are they
    taking the [censored] Beinn a Bheithir & Ben Vair........they are taking the [censored]!

    And as for the forecast, Today they were forecasting 100% cloud for glencoe, the web cams showed
    unbroken blue skies! How can they get it so wrong on a day when it was so easy to predict!

    Derek <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    A new mountain weather service is available from Metcheck.com

    metcheck.commountain.asp

    there is a good range of locations though I did have to inform them of some errors, ie they had a
    Cwydian Range and a Ciwidian range also the Brecon Beacons and the Brecknock Mountains. These
    errors were changed within minutes after emailing them. There may also be errors with some of the
    Scottish mountain ranges, perhaps some one with a better knowledge than myself of the Scottish
    hills can email Metcheck with any errors.

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  4. Paul Saunders
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    Derek said:

    A new mountain weather service is available from Metcheck.com

    metcheck.commountain.asp

    Very interesting. Surprisingly detailed. Impossibly so I reckon. Given that they often can't
    forecast correctly whether it will rain or not, forecasting how many millimetres of rain will fall
    on a specific mountain range within a three hour period seems amazingly ambitious. 9% of mist and
    27% of cloud? Rain to the millimetre, windspeed to the mile and temperature to a tenth of a degree?

    Full marks for trying, but I don't see how they could possibly be that accurate. Might be
    interesting to print one of these out for a weekend then go camping in the target area and see how
    close it is.

    Paul
    --
    The October Project 2003
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  5. Innes
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    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    A new mountain weather service is available from Metcheck.com

    metcheck.commountain.asp


    Why they picked out Buachaille Etive Beag and Beinn a Bheithir (Ben Vair) i have no idea!

    Some good synoptic charts @

    maalla.co.uksyn.htm

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  6. Phil Cook
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    Innes said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    A new mountain weather service is available from Metcheck.com

    metcheck.commountain.asp


    Why they picked out Buachaille Etive Beag and Beinn a Bheithir (Ben Vair) i have no idea!

    Some good synoptic charts @

    maalla.co.uksyn.htm

    Thanks for that. You can't beat a good synoptic.
    --
    Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

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  7. Roger Chapman
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    The message <[email hidden]>
    from "Paul Saunders" <[email hidden]> contains these words:

    Quoted message said:

    Derek wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    A new mountain weather service is available from Metcheck.com

    metcheck.commountain.asp

    Quoted message said:

    Very interesting. Surprisingly detailed. Impossibly so I reckon. Given that they often can't
    forecast correctly whether it will rain or not, forecasting how many millimetres of rain will
    fall on a specific mountain range within a three hour period seems amazingly ambitious. 9% of
    mist and 27% of cloud? Rain to the millimetre, windspeed to the mile and temperature to a tenth
    of a degree?

    Quoted message said:

    Full marks for trying, but I don't see how they could possibly be that accurate. Might be
    interesting to print one of these out for a weekend then go camping in the target area and see how
    close it is.

    I couldn't persuade it to give me a mountain forecast but the Tuesday one for Wednesday in Cumbria
    was a pretty good fit unlike the lazy disregard for the actuality put out by The BBC at 5 am this
    morning (Wednesday) which pretended that by 6 am the rain belt would be East of the A1 (or
    thereabouts) when the trailing edge was really the other side of the Pennines.

    I wouldn't argue with the amounts of rain in the morning sessions (0.4 mm) or the cloud cover which
    was forecast from 100% down to 9% during the period I was there. There was a stiff breeze on the
    tops and for all I know that could easily be the forecast 12/13 mph.

    --
    Roger Looking North over the Aire Valley (and Marley Gasworks) to Rombolds Moor Top Posters
    killfiled on sight

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  8. Paul Saunders
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    Roger Chapman said:

    I couldn't persuade it to give me a mountain forecast but the Tuesday one for Wednesday in Cumbria
    was a pretty good

    Glad to hear it. A similar forecast (produced by a different site) was way off for the exp 14
    weekend though.

    I'm certainly not complaining about attempts at accurate forecasting like this. When forecasters do
    get it wrong it's often a matter of timing, so taking a printout with you on a weekend could help to
    keep you synchronised with the weather even if it does come in early or late.

    Paul
    --
    The October Project 2003
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  9. Stuart Mann
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    Roger Chapman <[email hidden]> wrote in news:2003111217512268959
    @zetnet.co.uk:

    Quoted message said:

    The message <[email hidden]> from "Paul Saunders" <[email hidden]>
    contains these words:

    Quoted message said:

    Derek wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    A new mountain weather service is available from Metcheck.com

    metcheck.commountain.asp

    Quoted message said:

    Very interesting. Surprisingly detailed.

    Looks impressive, doesn't it. It's a shame they don't predict cloudbase, which is one of the
    strongpoints of the Lakes Weatherline. Perhaps the mist %ge is an indicator, but less useful than an
    altitude figure.

    Stuart

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  10. Paul Saunders
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    Innes said:

    Some good synoptic charts @

    maalla.co.uksyn.htm

    Nice! Thanks!.

    Paul
    --
    The October Project 2003
    wildwales.fsnet.co.ukoctober.html
    wilderness-wales.co.ukwilderness-wales.co.uk
    photosig.comuserphotos

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