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Meteorology 25th January 2025 | Leave a Comment on Comparing pressures

Comparing pressures

I have mentioned my mercury barometer in a previous post, but it is not the only instrument in town. The Fisherman’s Monument at the old (Cromwell) harbour was built to provide a public barometer for the benefit of the local fishing fleet. (For more details see here and here.) The monument has undergone at leastContinue reading Comparing pressures

Computing, Meteorology 17th February 2024 | Leave a Comment on Rain: how reliable is my data?

Rain: how reliable is my data?

I have written several posts here about my rain measurements (see here, here, here) but have always wondered whether the non-ideal location of my rain gauge made the results useless. I realised recently that SEPA publish data from rain gauges across Scotland so I could compare my data to their nearest gauge, which is onlyContinue reading Rain: how reliable is my data?

Meteorology 28th January 202411th February 2024 | Leave a Comment on 2023: the rain report

2023: the rain report

I’m a bit late with the rain report for 2023, sorry. We have already had most of January 2024 and, here in Dunbar, it is already the second-wettest of the five Januaries that I have recorded. As a whole, 2023 was the second wettest year I have recorded, falling only slightly behind 2021. However, aContinue reading 2023: the rain report

Meteorology 1st January 2023 | Leave a Comment on 2022: the rain report

2022: the rain report

As per last year I am starting the year with a report on the rain I recorded in Dunbar. It will not surprise anyone who has been listening to the news that 2022 was a dry year: slightly drier than the climatological mean and considerably drier than either 2021 or 2020. It is clear fromContinue reading 2022: the rain report

Garden, Meteorology 1st January 20222nd January 2022 | Leave a Comment on 2021: The Rain Report

2021: The Rain Report

I have been reading my rain gauge for another whole year, now. (See earlier posts here and here.) It appears that 2021 was a wet year in East Lothian: much wetter than either the climatological mean and also a lot wetter than 2020. This is largely driven by a very soggy January, February, May andContinue reading 2021: The Rain Report

Computing, Meteorology 11th December 202125th January 2025 | Leave a Comment on Data: it is everywhere (part 2)

Data: it is everywhere (part 2)

A few months ago a family heirloom was passed on to me to take care of: a mercury barometer. , originally the property of my great grandfather, Dr William Hobson Mills of Jesus College, Cambridge. Getting it home was a bit of a nail-biting experience. You can not lie the things horizontally or the mercuryContinue reading Data: it is everywhere (part 2)

Meteorology 1st January 202115th January 2021 | Leave a Comment on Rain: the 2020 report

Rain: the 2020 report

I have been dutifully reading my rain gauge for over a year now, and I trotted out this morning to ensure that I made the last reading of 2020 before 9:00 on 1 January.  As I now have  a whole calendar year of data I decided to plot it up to see how it comparedContinue reading Rain: the 2020 report

Meteorology 9th November 2020 | Leave a Comment on Rainbows in New Scientist

Rainbows in New Scientist

New Scientist published my reply to a question in their “Almost the last word” column. Hooray: I can tell my line manager that I did an outreach thing. The question was “I have seen many double rainbows, but can you get triple or quadruple ones?” The magazine have edited my answer down to remove someContinue reading Rainbows in New Scientist

Garden, Meteorology 5th March 20207th March 2020 | 1 Comment on Gauging the Rain

Gauging the Rain

One of my birthday presents last year was a proper, official-shaped rain gauge. It took me a while to get around to setting it up, mostly because of the difficulty of picking a good spot in the garden: almost everywhere is close to a wall, under a tree, or is a place where a rainContinue reading Gauging the Rain

Classic Lump, Meteorology 20th September 20185th March 2020 | 1 Comment on A classic lump on Arran

A classic lump on Arran

I’m on the Arran field course again, but this year I am staying for the entire week. That meant that, after a busy five days I had a day with some time off while the students wrote up their work. Time for a classic lump ascent, and the nearest target was Torr Meadhonach. I hadContinue reading A classic lump on Arran

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