BBC sea temperature map? (And a couple of other whinges)
 

I notice that on the BBC's UK Weather page, there is no longer an option to
see a Sea Temperature map. When the current setup first appeared, the sea
temps weren't linked to directly, but you could see them by directly typing
in the URL. Later on, that stopped and for months and months all you got
was a message saying the Sea Temps were "not currently available". Now the
thing's gone completely. What's going on here - are Sea Temperatures ever
coming back? If so, when? If not, why not? And why has there been no
explanation?

And while I'm at it, why does the temperature square above Newcastle
*still* use the wrong font for all but the current day? It looks horrible,
and yet nobody seems to have bothered to do anything about it. Yes, I did
send a (very polite!) email querying this, but as there was no answer (or
even acknowledgement), and nothing has been done, it doesn't look as though
they care how unprofessional it looks. Which is very.

(Mind you, this is the same BBC that says, "The cost of the new graphics is
not something we will go in to [sic]" - to which the obvious response is:
"Why not?")

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Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

BBC sea temperature map? (And a couple of other whinges)
 

I do appreciate that your moan is a justified one about the BBC, but
just in case you or anyone else doesn't know, sea temperatures are
available from:

http://image.weather.com/web/maps/en...rr_720x486.jpg

and

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/PTUK21.TIF

this latter needing an external viewer which doubtless you will already
have

Jack

Selling Nuclear Power
 

David Buttery wrote:

I did send a (very polite!) email querying this, but as there was no answer (or
even acknowledgement), and nothing has been done, it doesn't look as though
they care how unprofessional it looks.

The BBC seems to have jumped on the bandwaggon that every other TV
centre is joining in.

I can't help thinking that there is an effort to resupply nuclear
powerstations behind this sudden upsurge.

What is the state of the atmosphere by the way does anyone actually
know:

This site seems to have it all arse backwards and they are the datum
keepers by the look of things:
http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/097.htm

"The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has risen from close to 280
parts per million (ppm) in 1800, to a value of 367 ppm in 1999, .."

How many parts per million is the 1/2 a percent that I was taught made
up the free carbon dioxide that was available in my youth?

Someone kindly informed me of the ratio and it isn't anything like the
above. For the life of me I can't see whose et all the pies. Let's hope
he doesn't regurgitate them all at once.

Selling Nuclear Power
 

How much CO2 would an elderly croquet player produce? Or for that
matter, when engaged in certain other "sports"?

Are there any statistics about the amount of CO2 generated by a human
when doing a range of activities? Surely I must be better for the
environment by sitting in front of my computer than neighbour Derek
(next door but one) who goes jogging every day?

Jack

Selling Nuclear Power
 

"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
oups.com...

David Buttery wrote:

I did send a (very polite!) email querying this, but as there was no
answer (or
even acknowledgement), and nothing has been done, it doesn't look as
though
they care how unprofessional it looks.

The BBC seems to have jumped on the bandwaggon that every other TV
centre is joining in.

I can't help thinking that there is an effort to resupply nuclear
powerstations behind this sudden upsurge.

What is the state of the atmosphere by the way does anyone actually
know:

This site seems to have it all arse backwards and they are the datum
keepers by the look of things:
http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/097.htm

"The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has risen from close to 280
parts per million (ppm) in 1800, to a value of 367 ppm in 1999, .."

How many parts per million is the 1/2 a percent that I was taught made
up the free carbon dioxide that was available in my youth?

Someone kindly informed me of the ratio and it isn't anything like the
above. For the life of me I can't see whose et all the pies. Let's hope
he doesn't regurgitate them all at once.


Do cremations count?

Selling Nuclear Power
 

I have heard it said that burial is more "green". That's what
we do with cats and hamsters. But it is difficult for a human to be
buried somewhere that is not so-called "sacred ground". We
non-believers are disadvantaged yet again, so I feel I have little
choice but to be cremated. But I will look into woodland burials as a
possibility.

Jack

Selling Nuclear Power
 

wrote in message
oups.com...
I have heard it said that burial is more "green". That's what
we do with cats and hamsters. But it is difficult for a human to be
buried somewhere that is not so-called "sacred ground". We
non-believers are disadvantaged yet again, so I feel I have little
choice but to be cremated. But I will look into woodland burials as a
possibility.

Jack


Yep bury me below the great Oak...cos I'm going back to my roots man.

BBC sea temperature map? (And a couple of other whinges)
 

wrote in message
ps.com...
I do appreciate that your moan is a justified one about the BBC, but
just in case you or anyone else doesn't know, sea temperatures are
available from:

http://image.weather.com/web/maps/en...rr_720x486.jpg

and

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/PTUK21.TIF

this latter needing an external viewer which doubtless you will
already
have

.... and you can see this latter without additional software at:-

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/brack5.html

Martin.


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BBC sea temperature map? (And a couple of other whinges)
 

wrote in
ps.com:

I do appreciate that your moan is a justified one about the BBC, but
just in case you or anyone else doesn't know, sea temperatures are
available from:

http://image.weather.com/web/maps/en...rr_720x486.jpg

and

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/PTUK21.TIF

this latter needing an external viewer which doubtless you will
already have


Yep, though Firefox at least seems to have TIF viewing capabilities
built-in from the start, so it's not a problem anyway. As you suspect,
it's not a complete lack of data that annoys me, but the poor
response (in more than one sense) of the BBC to what are seemingly
very simple problems. I'm frankly nothing short of astonished that
the "wrong font" problem has been allowed to persist so long.

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BBC sea temperature map? (And a couple of other whinges)
 

Thanks, have added this to my desktop background picture

PKH