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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-3-1064032486 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi=20 I just tried it on my iPhone - great site. Thank goodness for some good news= from Norway. I find the radar on the Weather Network is good, as it shows y= ou what's coming in the next 12 hours or so - better than the EC site, where= the radar just shows what has been or Is current. Richard Stern sternrichard@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Blake Maybank <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Happy Natal Day, everyone; >=20 > This is from the BBC: >=20 > "On 1 August 1861 the Times newspaper published the first ever weather for= ecast. 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." >=20 > A short video news clip detailing some of the history of weather forecasti= ng can be found here: >=20 > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14361204 >=20 > With respect to weather I've learned that everyone has his or her favourit= e forecasting site. Indeed, many of us use several regularly. In addition= to Canadian-based forecasting sites (such as Environment Canada and the Wea= ther Network) I also use, and enjoy, the forecast supplied from, of all plac= es, Norway. The web site http://www.yr.no offers up forecasts for an impre= ssive number of locations around the world, and I greatly enjoy the site's s= tyle of presentation. They also offer forecasts for many more sites in Nova= Scotia (or New Brunswick) than does Environment Canada. Of course, one sti= ll needs the EC site for the radar imagery, but I always consult the Norwegi= an site. Here is its link for the Peggy's Cove forecast, the one most usef= ul to me. >=20 > http://www.yr.no/place/Canada/Nova_Scotia/Peggy%27s_Cove/ >=20 > I invite you to take the site for a test drive. We need all the weather s= ites we can get. >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Blake >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > Blake Maybank > maybank@ns.sympatico.ca > http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/ > 902-852-2077 >=20 > Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" > http://nsbs.chebucto.org >=20 > Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club > http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel=20 >=20 > author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" > http://tinyurl.com/birdingns > Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: > http://tinyurl.com/mr627d=20 >=20 > White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --Apple-Mail-3-1064032486 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><div>Hi </div><div><br></div><div>I jus= t tried it on my iPhone - great site. Thank goodness for some good news from= Norway. I find the radar on the Weather Network is good, as it shows y= ou what's coming in the next 12 hours or so - better than the EC site, where= the radar just shows what has been or</div><div>Is current.<br><br><div>Ric= hard Stern</div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"-webkit-tap-h= ighlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: r= gba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128,= 180, 0.230469); "><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gm= ail.com</a></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"-webk= it-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill= -color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba= (77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Sent from my iPhone</span></div></div><div><br>O= n Aug 1, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Blake Maybank <<a href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sy= mpatico.ca">maybank@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><= blockquote type=3D"cite"><div> 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=3D"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14361204" eudora=3D"autourl"> <a href=3D"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14361204">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/= uk-14361204</a></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 <a href=3D"http://www.yr.no/" eudora=3D"autourl"><a href=3D"http://www.yr.no= ">http://www.yr.no</a></a> 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=3D"http://www.yr.no/place/Canada/Nova_Scotia/Peggy's_Cove/" eudora=3D= "autourl"> <a href=3D"http://www.yr.no/place/Canada/Nova_Scotia/Peggy%27s_Cove/">http:/= /www.yr.no/place/Canada/Nova_Scotia/Peggy%27s_Cove/</a></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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= -<br> Blake Maybank<br> <a href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca"><a href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.symp= atico.ca">maybank@ns.sympatico.ca</a></a><br> <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/" eudora=3D"autourl"&