Regional threads - changes for summer?

[J10]

It's worth a trial period, Anybody know any Welsh....'Mae hi'n bwrw glaw' Means, 'it's raining' Why not !

 

Mae'n llawer o pobl yn Net Weather yn siarad Cymraeg i safon gwahanol, Dw i'n siarad Cymraeg i safon canolradd. Does dim amser i fi yn cytuno mwy Cymraeg yr Heno bryd.

 

A lot of people in Net Weather speak Welsh to different levels, I speak Welsh to intermediate level, I haven't got the time to continue learning Welsh at the moment.

 

Glaw = Rain, Eira = Snow, Eirlaw = Sleet, Ysbeidiau Heulog = Sunny Intervals,  Rhew = Frost, Cawodydd = Showers, Heulog = Sunny

Edited May 5, 2014 by J10

[Dancerwithwings]

Mae'n llawer o pobl yn Net Weather yn siarad Cymraeg i safon gwahanol, Dw i'n siarad Cymraeg i safon canolradd. Does dim amser i fi yn cytuno mwy Cymraeg yr Heno bydd.

 

A lot of people in Net Weather speak Welsh to different levels, I speak Welsh to intermediate level, I haven't got the time to continue learning Welsh at the moment.

 

Glaw = Rain, Eira = Snow, Eirlaw = Sleet, Ysbeidiau Heulog = Sunny Intervals,  Rhew = Frost, Cawodydd = Showers, Heulog = Sunny

OK! OK! OK! Slow Down ..lol!, i'm impressed

[Keraunic]

Good one Paul, What about  Wales and the South West of England

Yes....Wales with SW would be good. As to the rest of Paul's suggestion.....yup, that's fine I reckon.

[J10]

OK! OK! OK! Slow Down ..lol!, i'm impressed

 

I used to do weather forecasts in Welsh on this site, so my knowledge of Welsh weather terms is pretty good.

[Summer of 95]

Wales and western England (Lancs, all the counties bordering Wales, Birmingham, Staffs, Worcs, Wiltshire, Dorset and the SW peninsula).

Far northern England- Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham

Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and east Midlands; Derbys Leics and Notts

Southeast (the rest)

[tadpole]

As someone who has lived in many of the areas of the UK and knows to some extent who's weather is similar, I go with;

 

Wales/southwest/midlands

Ireland x 2

Scotland/ the ceneral and east coast areas of England

East anglia/home counties/london/south east

Edited May 5, 2014 by tadpole

[MrSunshine]

As someone who has lived in many of the areas of the UK and knows to some extent who's weather is similar, I go with;

 

Wales/southwest/midlands

Ireland x 2

Scotland/ the ceneral and east coast areas of England

East anglia/home counties/london/south east

 

What about the North West of England?

[Dancerwithwings]

I used to do weather forecasts in Welsh on this site, so my knowledge of Welsh weather terms is pretty good.

My Wife speaks; English,Spanish,French,Italian and German and can change from one to another at a flip of a coin.... Always impressed with people who speak the lingo

[J10]

My Wife speaks; English,Spanish,French,Italian and German and can change from one to another at a flip of a coin.... Always impressed with people who speak the lingo

 

Diolch

 

I speak 4 languages English, Welsh (a bit), Gibberish and Double Dutch, and most of the fourm will know the last 2.

 

I have also done today's weather summary in English ac Cymraeg http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/80197-monday-5th-may-general-weather-chat/page-2#entry2964901

[Dancerwithwings]

The wife does know a sixth one! but i try to ignore that one, it always seems when i've had one to many lol!

 

Sorry off topic! i'll stop it now

[Paul]

Ok, so hopefully this is a workable suggestion that we can put in place if the majority are happy..

 

1. Scotland, the far North of England 

2. EIRE and Northern Ireland

3. Rest of Northern England (to include Lincs and Yorks)

4. Wales, The Midlands, Southwest England

5. Southeast England, Central Southern England & East Anglia

 

They could in theory become 'permanent' larger regions which would be split out into smaller regions as needed - ie during severe weather events and during the generally busier times such as winter. Hopefully this then offers the best of both worlds for people - a laid back, mini community for day-to-day weathery chat and the like, lots of local info and more people to talk to for the quieter regions currently. 

[knocker]

As Sam Goldwyn might have said, " speaking for the majority, I'm happy".

[be cause]

surely Ireland is a 'quieter region' ..   during all this excitement .. no posts for 4 days .. ! How do we get more people to talk to ?

 

detain them for a long weekend ?

[knocker]

surely Ireland is a 'quieter region' ..   during all this excitement .. no posts for 4 days .. ! How do we get more people to talk to ?

 

detain them for a long weekend ?

 

Very much the same in the south west thread. Perhaps being loquacious is a genetic condition peculiar to the south east. Just a thought.

[Paul]

surely Ireland is a 'quieter region' ..   during all this excitement .. no posts for 4 days .. ! How do we get more people to talk to ?

 

detain them for a long weekend ?

 

You're right, it is another quiet one - tricky to fold it into other regions though really as then you're talking very big areas geographically. I think we'll probably just have to see how it goes and take it from there.

[TonyH]

Suits me, I deal with both the Midlands and Wales as my areas of special interest so thats great Paul

[Dancerwithwings]

Ok, so hopefully this is a workable suggestion that we can put in place if the majority are happy..

 

1. Scotland, the far North of England 

2. EIRE and Northern Ireland

3. Rest of Northern England (to include Lincs and Yorks)

4. Wales, The Midlands, Southwest England

5. Southeast England, Central Southern England & East Anglia

 

They could in theory become 'permanent' larger regions which would be split out into smaller regions as needed - ie during severe weather events and during the generally busier times such as winter. Hopefully this then offers the best of both worlds for people - a laid back, mini community for day-to-day weathery chat and the like, lots of local info and more people to talk to for the quieter regions currently. 

Other's are mentioning that Ireland is a 'quieter region and how do we get more people to talk, i would combine 1 and 2 and this may encourage other's to post more often!

If there's more of a combined community it can only be a good thing!

 

But then again i understand when you say " you're talking very big areas geographically" It's a difficult balancing act for sure.

Edited May 6, 2014 by Dancerwithwings

[Paul]

We've knocked up a quick map just to show the proposed new regions. As you'll see there is some overlap for those close to the borders of each zone, so in theory they can choose whichever one they feel is most relevant. 

 

As said before - this smaller regions can and will be introduced as and when any weather events are likely/ongoing and will also be bought online once the busier winter season starts up. 

 

 

1. Scotland, the far North of England 

2. EIRE and Northern Ireland

3. Rest of Northern England (to include Lincs and Yorks)

4. Wales, The Midlands, Southwest England

5. Southeast England, Central Southern England & East Anglia

 

Sorry to those in Shetland (Scotland region), the Scilly Islands / Channel Islands (SW region) - we didn't forget you, it's just you didn't fit on the template map we used as the background!

 

If the general consensus is that this is ok then we'll make the change later on this week. We'll also keep monitoring things, so if the setup isn't quite working then we can tweak things again.

[Boro Snow]

yes mate im happy with that should make the thread a lot more busier, the far north england thread at the moment is so slow i think there is only three of us who post regular 

[knocker]

I'm fine with that Paul. Now just await the next Pembroke Dangler. Or some sort of Dangler anyway.

[Jax]

Quick question, will these remain open all year or is it just weather events only?

[Nick L]

Quick question, will these remain open all year or is it just weather events only?

 

Regional threads will be open in some form throughout the year, providing this idea works. These are just for quiet periods, they will be broken down into the smaller regions again when it's necessary.

Edited May 6, 2014 by Nick L

[Andy Bown]

Those regional splits look good to me, thanks for all the (extra) work your putting in at the moment Paul (and the team).

[NO LONGER POSTING]

I think this is a good idea.. BUT like has been said only good when its really really quiet as we all know what happens when we get some more "interesting" weather.. It's hard to keep up sometimes.. 

[knocker]

Regional threads will be open in some form throughout the year, providing this idea works. These are just for quiet periods, they will be broken down into the smaller regions again when it's necessary.

 

Purely my own opinion but I would have thought it perfectly acceptable for them to remain as they are and not broken down at all. But I stress I have no strong feelings about this and will just go with the flow.