M.T. Cranium

Rest in peace and God Speed my good man :(

oh I’m sorry to read this. Rest in peace and condolence to his family

When I look back, it's amazing that I could read a man's messages almost daily for over 7 years and never actually know his name, and when I heard he died it knocked me for six.

Rest in peace Peter.

very sad news and so unexpected. A highly respected man on boards and one of the few deserving of legend status. Agree with suggestions by previous posters to try to have a storm named after him, just a pity 'Cranium' is not an option. RIP M.T.

Very sad to read this - following his forecasts and predictions for the last 16 years. Always the voice of reason - never too high or low. RIP his presence will be greatly missed on boards.

thats a great find. Going to paste MTs post below as it captures the guy nicely…

PS - Please still go to the link and vote for him…

“…Wot's all this? Do I get to retire?

Thanks for even considering it, I enjoy my time on the weather forum here, even more than other places -- I find the enthusiasm, high spirits and the way our common language is improved, to be daily boosts to my own energy level.

As to a boost to the ego, you should never offer that to anyone in the weather business, too much of that going around already. And I'm often bemused by that fact, you would think weather forecasting would be the last place to find displays of egotism. 

Just keep in mind that the law of averages is a grim reaper who catches up to all of us sooner or later. :cool: Those voting in favour should realize that they are giving a vote of confidence to all the weather forum regulars who have made my task a lot easier with their contributions. I try to follow the discussions of various weather events and I've found that if we take a consensus of the boards "gurus" it usually works out well.

Meanwhile, happy to provide a service, but we will have to look at ways of involving more people as time goes on, perhaps once this epic winter is over, 'cuz I'm an old geezer and working every day is not that great an idea long-term.”

A Gentleman and a Scholar, RIP.

I've just signed back in for the first time in a while as I saw the news.

Thank you MT, I followed his forecasts for years and never knew his name.

Rest in peace Peter.

haven’t been on the forum for a while but awful to hear the news of the death of MT, his knowledge and dedication of all things meteorological was unparalleled. May he RIP.

So sad to read this just now , when I saw the thread with his name my stomach dropped as I knew it wasn't going to be good news.

As someone who has never contributed to this part of the forum and never had any interaction with MT I still feel incredibly sad as I took his forecasts as gospel ! When my wife would ask what the week had in store I would simply answer "Let's see what Mr Cranium has to say"

R.I.P to Peter and condolences to his family and friends.

So sorry to hear this news. MT has been my go to authority on weather for more years than I can estimate. In fact I believe he often kept me safe. If MT said it was dangerous to travel I listened.

The best example of this was when a storm unexpected hit around 8 or 10 years ago in the middle of the day. Can't remember the name of the storm. It hit around 2pm and moved across the country quickly. I was at work on a shift that finished at 2pm.

About 1pm my phone beeped with a boards update from MT. That's unusual. Middle of the day. So I checked it. And it was a warning a out very dangerous travel conditions and a recommendation to basically shelter in place. I took that seriously and told my colleagues. We decided to hang back and sure enough just after 2pm it was like a hurricane outside. I had a 60 minute commute and would have been out in the middle of it were it not for MT. On my drive home I passed a section of road that had multiple trees down including one with a car under it (the people out without serious injury). My gut tells me MT kept me safe that day.

RIP man. You did the world great service during your time in it. You will be missed by thousands you never met.