On 19/03/2018 18:23, Steve Jackson wrote:

Yes Jim, it is the Moulton Park site that is being closed down, so the Met Office have a gap in their network of climate stations.

I do know Mike Lewis from Pitsford; unfortunately, their instruments are on a roof so cannot conform to MO criteria over siting of equipment.

As we were being inspected by the Met Office last week, I was asked if I knew of any one in Northampton who might want a free climate station, subject to site requirements, of course!

Cheers, Steve J


Sorry, Steve. I can't really help you. However . . . .

Keep your ear to the ground. With the imminent changes to the make up of
the local authorities and boundaries, it is very likely that all the
current planning applications will have to be resubmitted, which may
well free up some land in Northampton itself. Other wise, for the next
few years at least, the MO will have to look outside the town boundary
for something permanent.

When I saw the map of land being considered for development in this
town, I was shocked. They are even considering small grassed areas
behind and alongside existing houses. There's a small patch outside the
back of my house and that is open to a planning application for a 6-8
house development if anyone is interested. (All the areas that have been
identified are almost certain to have planning accepted "on the nod" as
it were.) So bang goes the local play area for our street. They have to
find space for 15,000 houses in the next 12 years (Government orders!),
and that sort of land just doesn't exist within the town boundary.

jim, Northampton