Gaoth Laidir wrote: » Do you really think the hourly reports are manually typed in by someone so I could stand over them a whip them to put in the decimal? It's all automated and taken from the synop reports, which are themselves reported decimalised. The system therefore does the rounding itself. All it takes is a few clicks by IT to change the setting (it's not the meteorologists' job) and it's done.
Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: » Exactly. It’s likely automated. And changing it so that a hobbyist can make note of the exact temperature - not very important. It might not be much work but it’s also of little importance. Anyhoo, weather conditions: hazier today in my part of Dublin but feels warmer.
Oneiric 3 wrote: » Why do you think giving out the exact temperature would be of 'little importance' to the general public? If that is the case, then reporting even rounded figures would be of little value to them also. In fact, your comment seems to suggest that the public are too stupid to understand any number to the right of a decimal point. But consider that currently, global temps are currently running at 0.5c above normal while tomorrow it is expected to go down to 0.4c. So how do we dumb this down these figures for the public? Easy. today, global temps are 1.0c above normal, while tomorrow it will drop down 0.0c, bang on average.
Gaoth Laidir wrote: » There's no point [/pun] arguing the point [/pun] as she just doesn't get it (the point of the point...)
sryanbruen wrote: » This spring looks to be a record breaking dry one at Phoenix Park indeed and by a very significant amount from the previous driest, driest springs for the station on record: 1. 2020 - 52.6mm 2. 1929 - 78.1mm 3. 2007 - 79.8mm 4. 1944 - 80.2mm 5. 1990 - 85.3mm 6. 1893 - 86.0mm 7. 1938 - 87.1mm 8. 2011 - 90.2mm 9. 1887 - 92.5mm 10. 1901 - 94.6mmData from Met Eireann
Oneiric 3 wrote: » Temperatures well into the 20s for most days and in most places right up to Tuesday Days possibly becoming a little cooler after that.
