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MSN Weather

Microsoft has released a rather nifty little add-on to their MSN Toolbar for Internet Explorer that shows you the weather for places of your choice.
 
Mind you, like most weather forecasting, I’ve learned to take it with a pinch of salt. For example, according to the add-on, today we will be having a little light rain in Gouda, with current conditions being "mostly cloudy".
 
Er, actually we’re currently sitting in the middle of a huge fucking thunderstorm that extends from horizon to horizon; the garden and the road outside are all but flooded, and the idea of being able to watch the Perseids tonight is further away than ever.

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6 responses to “MSN Weather”

  1. robert Avatar
    robert

    I thought I ought to mention (maybe someone twisted my arm!) that firefox has had forecastfox (http://forecastfox.mozdev.org/) for some time. It was predicting thunderstorms up here in Manchester tomorrow but seems to have changed it’s mind! Currently looks hopeful for the Perseids but with a bit of cloud.

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  2. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    Robert, did you manage to see any Perseids? I had a bit of luck – see my separate post.

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  3. robert Avatar
    robert

    Unfortunately not – I woke up at 1:30am and spent around 10 minutes outside but didn’t see any, was I a bit early? Quite a bit of light pollution here too – there was a band of cloud coming over but it was pretty clear.

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  4. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    10 minutes? Ah, you’ve got to have more patience than that 🙂 The "peak" for the Perseids is spread over a couple of days, so anytime on either Thursday or Friday nights will do…

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  5. robert Avatar
    robert

    Next time I must arrange to get dressed first 🙂 a dressing gown is little insubstantial and I’ll take a camera just to demonstrate the quantity of light pollution over here. I assume you mean until next Thursday or Friday?

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  6. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    Er, no, I mean Thursday 11 August and Friday 12 August. There may be some tonight, but the peak has officially passed…

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