Re: High Pressure question from a sailor


"John Hall" <nospam_nov03@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <wDGDf.66243$zt1.55979@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Martin Rowley <booty.weatherR_E_M_O_V_E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> writes:
>>When
>>writing the Shipping Forecast, by the time you get to Malin, Hebrides
>>etc., you find you're rapidly running out of words (strictly limited)
>>and have to lump areas together with no leeway to sub-divide. It's
>>only
>>a guess, but I've known it happen.
>
> Given that the worst weather in the seas round the UK tends to be to
> the
> north-west - and it's therefore more likely to be important to put in
> the detail there - and the limited time for the forecast, would there
> be
> a case for dealing with the sea areas in anti-clockwise rather than
> the
> current clockwise order? Or alternatively to stick to clockwise but to
> change the starting point to, for example, Shannon?

.... The answer is more words! If you put the detail in there, then the
Channel fraternity will complain (more); if you put the detail in the
Channel, then the North Sea fishing fraternity will complain.

There was an article in 'Weather' a while back that pointed out that
there are many & better ways to convey forecast information to the
marine community rather than the text-based Shipping Forecast.

Martin.


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