The following is from the BBC Scotland Weather Twitter account

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We've reached 12C in #Kinloss! Exceptionally mild for the time of year. That's
double the average for mid-January in Northeast Scotland!
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I despair :-(

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr

On 17 Jan 2017 12:59:14 GMT
"Norman Lynagh" wrote:

The following is from the BBC Scotland Weather Twitter account

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We've reached 12C in #Kinloss! Exceptionally mild for the time of year. That's
double the average for mid-January in Northeast Scotland!
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I despair :-(


Sheesh that is bloody hot. If the average is 279K then double would be 558K or
275C. Shhhhhheeesssssshhhhhhhh :-)

Will
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On Tuesday, 17 January 2017 12:59:16 UTC, Norman Lynagh wrote:
The following is from the BBC Scotland Weather Twitter account

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We've reached 12C in #Kinloss! Exceptionally mild for the time of year. That's
double the average for mid-January in Northeast Scotland!
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I despair :-(

If a standup comedian came up with that I can imagine a drunken late-night audience responding with "Rubbish" or "My Mum told me that one when I was six" or even "You are thermodynamically illiterate, my good fellow". Just because it's Twitter it doesn't have to be screaming nonsense.

Tudor Hughes

"Norman Lynagh" wrote in message
...
The following is from the BBC Scotland Weather Twitter account

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We've reached 12C in #Kinloss! Exceptionally mild for the time of year.
That's
double the average for mid-January in Northeast Scotland!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I despair :-(

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr




Now I see the real meaning of twitter... = a conglomeration, assembly or
grouping of twits.

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Bernard Burton

Satellite images and weather data for Wokingham at:www.woksat.info/wwp.html



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On Tuesday, 17 January 2017 15:35:01 UTC, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Tuesday, 17 January 2017 12:59:16 UTC, Norman Lynagh wrote:
The following is from the BBC Scotland Weather Twitter account

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We've reached 12C in #Kinloss! Exceptionally mild for the time of year. That's
double the average for mid-January in Northeast Scotland!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I despair :-(

If a stand-up comedian came up with that I can imagine a drunken late-night audience responding with "Rubbish" or "My Mum told me that one when I was six" or even "You are thermodynamically illiterate, my good fellow". Just because it's Twitter it doesn't have to be screaming nonsense.

Tudor Hughes. Why would so many people only remember what you mother said when they were drunk?

That's nothing we have just lost one: http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/
that means we are going to get seven

On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:55:31 -0000
"Bernard Burton" wrote:

"Norman Lynagh" wrote in message
...
The following is from the BBC Scotland Weather Twitter account

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We've reached 12C in #Kinloss! Exceptionally mild for the time of year.
That's
double the average for mid-January in Northeast Scotland!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I despair :-(

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr




Now I see the real meaning of twitter... = a conglomeration, assembly or
grouping of twits.


Commonly known as ****ter.

On 18/01/2017 10:14, Will Hand wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:55:31 -0000
"Bernard Burton" wrote:

"Norman Lynagh" wrote in message
...
The following is from the BBC Scotland Weather Twitter account

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We've reached 12C in #Kinloss! Exceptionally mild for the time of year.
That's
double the average for mid-January in Northeast Scotland!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I despair :-(

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr




Now I see the real meaning of twitter... = a conglomeration, assembly or
grouping of twits.


Commonly known as ****ter.


And then there's Donald Trump. I rest my case.

--
Keith (Southend)
"Weather Home & Abroad"
http://www.southendweather.net
Twitter:@SS9Weatherman

Keith (Southend) wrote:

On 18/01/2017 10:14, Will Hand wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:55:31 -0000
"Bernard Burton" wrote:

"Norman Lynagh" wrote in message
...
The following is from the BBC Scotland Weather Twitter account

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------ We've reached 12C in #Kinloss! Exceptionally mild for the time
of year. That's
double the average for mid-January in Northeast Scotland!
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------

I despair :-(

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr




Now I see the real meaning of twitter... = a conglomeration, assembly or
grouping of twits.


Commonly known as ****ter.


And then there's Donald Trump. I rest my case.


Nevertheless, there's a great deal of very good weather stuff on there. The Met
Office makes fairly extensive use of it. It is fully controllable by the user
as to which feeds he/she sees, so the rubbish is completely avoidable. I was
very sceptical until I tried it. Then I realised its potential.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr

On 17/01/2017 12:59, Norman Lynagh wrote:
The following is from the BBC Scotland Weather Twitter account

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We've reached 12C in #Kinloss! Exceptionally mild for the time of year. That's
double the average for mid-January in Northeast Scotland!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I despair :-(


If you disable your pedant switch and act like a human instead of Mr
Spock, it is clear that they are referring to the Celsius scale so
double the average means the average is 6C. No it is not scientifically
correct but since the Kelvin scale is not used amongst the general
public, people will know what the statement is trying to say.

Communicating with the general public, especially through online media,
is not like speaking at a scientific conference or publishing a
scientific paper in a high quality journal.

Adam Lea wrote:

On 17/01/2017 12:59, Norman Lynagh wrote:
The following is from the BBC Scotland Weather Twitter account

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-- We've reached 12C in #Kinloss! Exceptionally mild for the time of year.
That's double the average for mid-January in Northeast Scotland!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--

I despair :-(


If you disable your pedant switch and act like a human instead of Mr Spock,
it is clear that they are referring to the Celsius scale so double the
average means the average is 6C. No it is not scientifically correct but
since the Kelvin scale is not used amongst the general public, people will
know what the statement is trying to say.

Communicating with the general public, especially through online media, is
not like speaking at a scientific conference or publishing a scientific paper
in a high quality journal.

Using the same line of thinking, I wonder what double -3C would be? :-)

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr