I live on the edge of a small town 9 miles from a city that has its weather reported on the local forcast on The Weather Channel. I own a high quality weather station. I am usually within 1 degree of what they report. The largest variation I remember seeing, other than when a front is between us, was 4 deg F. I have often thought that the conformity of these readings is quite remarkable.
Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Carrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 7:50 AM Subject: Re: Phytoplankton Plummet > Blank > From: RC Macaulay > Subject: Re: Phytoplankton Plummet > > > Thomas Malloy wrote.. > > I was working by a mercury > thermometer today. The radio station reported a temperature, which I > assume they got from the weather service which was 8 degrees F lower > than the one I observed. > > Thomas, One of the worse kept secrets is the unwritten agreement between > the weather bureau and the local chamber of commence. It's all about tourism > and keeping the temperature statistics as " average" as they can stretch the > truth. > Richard > --------------------------------------------------- > Please, guys, use some common sense. The temperature at any local point can > very widely from the "official" temperature because local temperatures do > vary. If you are standing on a lawn, in the shade, or on a hot asphalt > parking lot you will get significantly different temperatures. The US > Weather service sampling points are standardized structures which are often > located at some airport. There is a rain gauge, an anamometer, weather vane > and a thermomenter enclosed in a modest white-painted ventilated box. > Ventilated, to allow the local air to flow thorough and painted white to > minimize solar heating which would distort the temperature measurement. > Relative humidity is also measured. > > Each mesuremnent of local conditions has to be as good as possible for the > weather forecasting computers to work at all. Skewing the data for "tourism" > would serve nobody's interests. > > Really, if conspiracy theories is your hobby, try something else. Such > assertions are credibility-shredders. > > Mike Carrell > > > >
