Blank From: RC Macaulay Subject: Re: Phytoplankton Plummet
Thomas Malloy wrote.. > I was working by a mercury thermometer today. The radio station reported a temperature, which I assume they got from the weather service which was 8 degrees F lower than the one I observed. Thomas, One of the worse kept secrets is the unwritten agreement between the weather bureau and the local chamber of commence. It's all about tourism and keeping the temperature statistics as " average" as they can stretch the truth. Richard --------------------------------------------------- Please, guys, use some common sense. The temperature at any local point can very widely from the "official" temperature because local temperatures do vary. If you are standing on a lawn, in the shade, or on a hot asphalt parking lot you will get significantly different temperatures. The US Weather service sampling points are standardized structures which are often located at some airport. There is a rain gauge, an anamometer, weather vane and a thermomenter enclosed in a modest white-painted ventilated box. Ventilated, to allow the local air to flow thorough and painted white to minimize solar heating which would distort the temperature measurement. Relative humidity is also measured. Each mesuremnent of local conditions has to be as good as possible for the weather forecasting computers to work at all. Skewing the data for "tourism" would serve nobody's interests. Really, if conspiracy theories is your hobby, try something else. Such assertions are credibility-shredders. Mike Carrell
