Pete's anti-cloud machine

From the BBC news site:

"Tornados can also prove to be expensive.

For example, a ferocious 100mph twister caused £10m of damage when it hit
the Sussex seaside town of Selsey.

The town, which was rocked by the powerful storm in January 1998, was hit
again by another tornado two years later. "


Pete's machine doesn't seem to cope with everything!
:-)


Tony
in wet Worcestershire

On Tue, 3 May 2005 23:24:40 +0100, "Tony Rowsby"
wrote:

From the BBC news site:

"Tornados can also prove to be expensive.

For example, a ferocious 100mph twister caused £10m of damage when it hit
the Sussex seaside town of Selsey.

The town, which was rocked by the powerful storm in January 1998, was hit
again by another tornado two years later. "


Pete's machine doesn't seem to cope with everything!
:-)

I moved down to Selsey in July 1998 and s missed the first tornado by
several months. The second one ocurred during the day (IIRC) and took
out a load of windows from a nearby leisure centre.
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
Global Projects - http://www.globalobservers.net

Pete Lawrence wrote:

I moved down to Selsey in July 1998

Where from? Did house prices there plummet when you left and the rain
clouds settled permanently overhead? If I gave you a house here, would
you move?

Cheers

Martin

--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

On Wed, 04 May 2005 10:18:38 +0100, Martin Frey
wrote:

Pete Lawrence wrote:

I moved down to Selsey in July 1998

Where from? Did house prices there plummet when you left and the rain
clouds settled permanently overhead? If I gave you a house here, would
you move?

Are you that desperate to get clear skies?!

I moved down from Chichester. An adventurous move - all of 9 miles!
Still, I felt it better to remain north until the first tornado had
passed ;-)

--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

It's true!

British Met office climatologists confirm Pete Lawrence effect!

http://www.bbc.com/thetwilightzone/c...niturelorry.uk

Regards
Chris.B

I do suspect that the average number of clear nights in Selsey it is
not too far away from the central England average. Pete, do you have
any recent statistic to compare with?

Andrea T.

On 4 May 2005 04:18:41 -0700, wrote:

I do suspect that the average number of clear nights in Selsey it is
not too far away from the central England average. Pete, do you have
any recent statistic to compare with?

No - being the beneficiary of the Selsey skies I don't like to look
into the horse's mouth too closely ;-)

The only thing I would say is that there are a lot of lettuces grown
on the Manhood Peninsular (the 'V' that Selsey sits at the bottom of).
They need lots of Sun days and I guess they've done their homework.
It's also often clear in Selsey when 9 miles north, Chichester is
cloudy (both during the night and during the day.

The peninsuar juts out into the solent and I think that this may be
the cause of some of our 'good luck'. There's also the fact that when
it's clear in Selsey (for some of us at least) it's very clear (I've
had lim. mag +6.5 a few times). A night that would be mediocre for
someone with bad light pollution could well be usable in Selsey.

Patrick swears to the idea of a micro-climate. Chris Lintott will
only believes this when it's clear.

Personally I don't know if we do get better weather/skies than any
other part of the UK, only a scientific record would show whether this
is true. I've certainly been clouded out on a good few events in the
past. However, I've also been lucky enough to catch some that others
haven't. Last year there was the October 27/28 total lunar eclipse
and the lunar occultation of Venus.

The bottom line is that if there's a chance of clear skies in Selsey,
they do tend to occur! The recent S@N star-party was a good testament
to this.

If I remember - I'll start keeping a log. I don't intend to monitor
all throught the night so I'll aim to record sky clarity at 22:00,
23:00 and possibly 00:00 UT if anyone wants to do the same for their
site.
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

In article , Pete Lawrence wrote:
On 4 May 2005 04:18:41 -0700, wrote:

I do suspect that the average number of clear nights in Selsey it is
not too far away from the central England average. Pete, do you have
any recent statistic to compare with?

No - being the beneficiary of the Selsey skies I don't like to look
into the horse's mouth too closely ;-)

The only thing I would say is that there are a lot of lettuces grown
on the Manhood Peninsular (the 'V' that Selsey sits at the bottom of).

Maybe it's the lettuces that are *causing* the micro-climate?

I confess I'd never guessed that your anti-cloud machine was based
on organic technology. You're obviously a Vorlon and I claim my
triluminary.

Jim
--
Find me at http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk
"Brace yourself, this might make your eyes water."

Pete Lawrence wrote:
On 4 May 2005 04:18:41 -0700, wrote:

I do suspect that the average number of clear nights in Selsey it is
not too far away from the central England average. Pete, do you have
any recent statistic to compare with?

No - being the beneficiary of the Selsey skies I don't like to look
into the horse's mouth too closely ;-)

The only thing I would say is that there are a lot of lettuces grown
on the Manhood Peninsular (the 'V' that Selsey sits at the bottom
of).
They need lots of Sun days and I guess they've done their homework.
It's also often clear in Selsey when 9 miles north, Chichester is
cloudy (both during the night and during the day.

The peninsuar juts out into the solent and I think that this may be
the cause of some of our 'good luck'. There's also the fact that
when
it's clear in Selsey (for some of us at least) it's very clear (I've
had lim. mag +6.5 a few times). A night that would be mediocre for
someone with bad light pollution could well be usable in Selsey.

Patrick swears to the idea of a micro-climate. Chris Lintott will
only believes this when it's clear.

Personally I don't know if we do get better weather/skies than any
other part of the UK, only a scientific record would show whether
this
is true. I've certainly been clouded out on a good few events in the
past. However, I've also been lucky enough to catch some that others
haven't. Last year there was the October 27/28 total lunar eclipse
and the lunar occultation of Venus.

The bottom line is that if there's a chance of clear skies in Selsey,
they do tend to occur! The recent S@N star-party was a good
testament
to this.

If I remember - I'll start keeping a log. I don't intend to monitor
all throught the night so I'll aim to record sky clarity at 22:00,
23:00 and possibly 00:00 UT if anyone wants to do the same for their
site.

Hi Pete,

Too bad you don't have any sort of log. That would have done some good
project work if compared with other logs around the UK. I have a quite
extensive log for the 2003 and I'm keeping one since moving back to the
UK this past October. I think if few other people around the country do
the same in few years we'll have quite a statistics. BTW, my ZLM is
about 6 in those good nights and yes, we had clear skies here in
Lincoln when you chaps were enjoying few beers at Sir Patrick's buen
retiro ;-).

Best

Andrea T.

On 4 May 2005 07:41:32 -0700, wrote:

Hi Pete,

Too bad you don't have any sort of log. That would have done some good
project work if compared with other logs around the UK. I have a quite
extensive log for the 2003 and I'm keeping one since moving back to the
UK this past October. I think if few other people around the country do
the same in few years we'll have quite a statistics.

Well if you have time to take up meteorology then you have too many
cloudy nights ;-)

BTW, my ZLM is
about 6 in those good nights and yes, we had clear skies here in
Lincoln when you chaps were enjoying few beers at Sir Patrick's buen
retiro ;-).

Perhaps Lincoln has a micro-climate too? It has an imp doesn't it?

--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk