Zo vreemd gisteren. Mijn man en ik hebben beide de KNMI app op de telefoon. Op mijn app stond dat er lichte tot matige regen werd verwacht. Op die van mijn man liep de grafiek tot de top, zware buien. En ja, beide zelfde woonplaats. Hoe kan dat nou?
Er is amper regen gevallen trouwens.

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#knmiapp

After a discussion last week about naming storms, I wrote to the UK Met Office suggesting that we start naming heatwaves, similar to the way we name storms.
I got this reply

Thank you for your email and for sharing your suggestion.

We appreciate your idea of assigning names to significant heat events in a similar way to our named storm system. The Met Office currently names storms as part of a joint initiative with Met Éireann and KNMI to help communicate the potential impacts of high-impact weather. Heatwaves are communicated through forecasts, weather warnings where appropriate, and Heat-Health Alerts issued by the UK Health Security Agency and Met Office.
We value public feedback on how weather information is communicated and have passed your suggestion to the relevant team for consideration.
Thank you for taking the time to contact us.

Kind regards,
Service Desk

#NamedStorms #NamedHeatwaves #UKMetOffice #MetÉireann #KNMI

People keep saying #mastodon and the #fediverse are overrun by Linux loving vegan ikea sharks riding trains.

And while that is maybe true, no-one ever seems to comment on how half of the weather & climate persons in the world seem to be on here as well.

Which is nice.

#KNMI #DMI #WEATHERPEOPLEOFTHEWORLD

#knmi (the Dutch Meteorological Institute) #opensource mobile apps for weather warnings and related information

gitlab.com/KNMI-OSS/KNMI-App