Apologies once again for the lack of update - will correct this properly in short order.
In the meantime, the following question appeared in a Meteorology progress test the other week - inserted by my (scots) Met instructor as a mid-exam joke:
"Which of the following statements is true concerning the Stevenson Screen?
a) It is a wooden, louvred box, sited approximately 4 feet above the ground, and often painted a non-metallic bright pink colour, in order to assist the met man in finding it in thick fog.
b) It was invented by Robert Louis Stevenson's father.
c) It is usually situated above a concrete surface as the Health and Safety Executive have identified risks associated with the met man slipping on wet grass while trying to read the instruments.
d) It is traditional that on the night of the vernal equinox a small measure of single malt scotch whisky is placed in the Stevenson Screen, in honour of St. Steven, the patron saint of met men."
Answers on a postcard please...
