Weather Forecasting, the Negretti & Zambra Way!
A number of years before the BBC started to broadcast shipping forecasts and weather reports in November 1922, Negretti & Zambra patented the ‘weather forecaster’ to allow both professionals and the man in the street to forecast the weather with more than 80% accuracy (the result of 10 years’ research). Negretti & Zambra’s patent – No. 6276/15 – was applied…
Storm Aileen, 12-13 September 2017
After a period of very settled weather, Storm Aileen heralded the start of Autumn as she passed over last night, peaking at 2.41am, if the extremely strong gust that blew open one of the closed bedroom windows was anything to go by! Luckily window and glass survived the storm, as did the peacock whose usual roost is a tree at…
Operation Weather Rescue: Ben Nevis
The BBC recently highlighted the project to digitise the metrological measurements taken at an observatory atop Ben Nevis between 1883 and 1904 so that the readings can be used by modern researchers. The article can be read here. Perfect for darker Autumn evenings, I’ve signed up to take part!
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