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Development & Analysis Of A UK Storm Indicator (part 4)

I abandon my storm indicator based on excessive wind and rain and go back to looking at resultant vector wind speed

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John Dee
Feb 14, 2025
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It’s one of those things, innit? You’ve packed away your crayons, ticked the boxes in your big black book, and have neatly drawn two red lines under your last set of notes. And then, at 3am, a monkey on your shoulder asks what the analysis would look like if we just considered the top ten percent windiest months. So here we are, with a mug of lukewarm tea that sore needs refreshing, and a stomach rumbling for England.

At the time of writing Storm Éowyn has been consigned to history; few were able to pronounce the name. Some fancied plain ‘Owen’, but such folk were either lacking in their Celtic sensitivities or had failed to read The Lord Of The Rings in their youth. Let us see what Brave Search A.I. can muster…

Well done that artificial entity; full marks and extra supper for your circuits tonight!

So… storm Ay-oh-win is come and gone and, as I looked out of the window into the face of the beast from the West, it was somewhat blustery with absolutely no rain; not even a fine mist of the…

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