Whither weather?

Whither weather?

With the evil cousin of Hurricane Bawbag rattling at our shutters, here are some links of UK weather-related websites and apps. BBC Weather: An obvious choice for me because I like the design and typography. O, and it’s the BBC or something. Met Office UK Weather: The Met Office page isn’t as pretty but has lots and lots of maps. (Ditto Weather.com and Accuweather.) XCWeather: There is a lot of science behind this site. I just like the wind observation arrows. The UK Weather Information Site: Crunch your own data! Ant Veal’s GreatWeather: So very many links. 1293 as of this writing. Weather Underground: My personal favorite, and it has been for many years. I also like their weather badges for embedding in websites. Like this one: Click for...

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Posted on 3 Jan 2012 | 2 comments

Inclement.

Inclement.

Yesterday, FunkyPlaid and I walked downtown on some errands. As we left our flat, we both remarked on the loveliness of the day, blue skies barely clouded, and yet somehow we still managed to get caught in a short downpour on Princes Street. This confirmed my suspicion that Scottish clouds just dip their bellies in blue paint from time to time. Today as I sat and hammered out some metadata at my volunteer post — which was exactly six times more exciting than this sentence sounds — the building shook. After a twelve-year stint in California, I am no stranger to shaking buildings. It just hadn’t occurred to me that the wind could shake a building as much as the ground could. I hopped off the bus in an unfamiliar part of town just so I could...

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Posted on 13 Dec 2011 | Comments Off