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--=====================_188744859==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Happy Natal Day, everyone; This is from the BBC: "On 1 August 1861 the Times newspaper published the first ever weather forecast. The forecast was put together by Admiral Robert FitzRoy, who led the meteorological department in the Board of Trade which was later renamed the Met Office." A short video news clip detailing some of the history of weather forecasting can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14361204 With respect to weather I've learned that everyone has his or her favourite forecasting site. Indeed, many of us use several regularly. In addition to Canadian-based forecasting sites (such as Environment Canada and the Weather Network) I also use, and enjoy, the forecast supplied from, of all places, Norway. The web site http://www.yr.no offers up forecasts for an impressive number of locations around the world, and I greatly enjoy the site's style of presentation. They also offer forecasts for many more sites in Nova Scotia (or New Brunswick) than does Environment Canada. Of course, one still needs the EC site for the radar imagery, but I always consult the Norwegian site. Here is its link for the Peggy's Cove forecast, the one most useful to me. http://www.yr.no/place/Canada/Nova_Scotia/Peggy%27s_Cove/ I invite you to take the site for a test drive. We need all the weather sites we can get. Cheers, Blake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/ 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" http://nsbs.chebucto.org Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://tinyurl.com/birdingns Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: http://tinyurl.com/mr627d White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --=====================_188744859==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> Happy Natal Day, everyone;<br><br> This is from the BBC:<br><br> "On 1 August 1861 the Times newspaper published the first ever weather forecast. The forecast was put together by Admiral Robert FitzRoy, who led the meteorological department in the Board of Trade which was later renamed the Met Office."<br><br> A short video news clip detailing some of the history of weather forecasting can be found here:<br><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14361204" eudora="autourl"> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14361204</a><br><br> With respect to weather I've learned that everyone has his or her favourite forecasting site. Indeed, many of us use several regularly. In addition to Canadian-based forecasting sites (such as Environment Canada and the Weather Network) I also use, and enjoy, the forecast supplied from, of all places, Norway. The web site http://www.yr.no offers up forecasts for an impressive number of locations around the world, and I greatly enjoy the site's style of presentation. They also offer forecasts for many more sites in Nova Scotia (or New Brunswick) than does Environment Canada. Of course, one still needs the EC site for the radar imagery, but I always consult the Norwegian site. Here is its link for the Peggy's Cove forecast, the one most useful to me.<br><br> <a href="http://www.yr.no/place/Canada/Nova_Scotia/Peggy's_Cove/" eudora="autourl"> http://www.yr.no/place/Canada/Nova_Scotia/Peggy%27s_Cove/</a><br><br> I invite you to take the site for a test drive. We need all the weather sites we can get.<br><br> Cheers,<br><br> Blake<br><br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/" eudora="autourl"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/<br> </a>902-852-2077<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br> <a href="http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora="autourl"> http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br> </a>Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</a></u></font> <br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br> </a></u></font>Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<br> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</a> <br><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </body> </html> --=====================_188744859==.ALT--
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