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Competition - Pin the tail on the Bertha!


Paul

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  • Location: Aviemore
  • Location: Aviemore

Just for a bit of fun, and thanks to Jo for coming up with it, it's competition time!

 

It's a bit like pin the tail on the donkey, except it's a game of pin the tail on the bertha.. Quite simply just download the blank map below, then use an image editor to mark where you think the remnants of hurricane Bertha will be centred at 12:00GMT (midday) on Sunday (free online one is available here: http://pixlr.com/editor/ ).

 

Then post up your marked up map with the depth in mb that you expect Bertha to be at that time.

 

Closest guesses on both location and depth get a 3 month NW Extra sub - if the same person gets them both then the prize will be a 12 month sub.

 

Good luck :D

 

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You can also download the image from here:

http://max.nwstatic.co.uk/images/pinthetailonthebertha.png

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  • Location: Aviemore
  • Location: Aviemore

Forgot to add, competition closes at midnight tonight - no more entries will be accepted (for winning prizes at least) after that time.

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  • Location: Hayward’s Heath - home, Brighton/East Grinstead - work.
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and storms
  • Location: Hayward’s Heath - home, Brighton/East Grinstead - work.

Worth a try for fun. Here is my attempt:

 

 

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  • Location: South Gloucestershire BS35
  • Weather Preferences: Severe weather enthusiast
  • Location: South Gloucestershire BS35

Well, just for a laugh really as I can re-call quite a few times storms have had the centre pass over my area...

 

I have marked the centre above the Bristol area come 1200hrs Sunday, with a pressure reading of 996mb.

 

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I will probably be wrong but why not have a go ey? :D

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  • Location: Ripon , North Yorkshire 41m/135ft ASL
  • Weather Preferences: heat and cold, storms and blizzards...zonal a no no
  • Location: Ripon , North Yorkshire 41m/135ft ASL

Just for fun heres my punt. 

 

northwales/ cheshire border  heading northeast towards newcastle

 

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  • Location: Hayward’s Heath - home, Brighton/East Grinstead - work.
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and storms
  • Location: Hayward’s Heath - home, Brighton/East Grinstead - work.

Oops - I just realised that I have written the wrong pressure in my guess! It should have said 989mb (not 998).

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  • Location: Barnet/south Herts border 130m asl
  • Weather Preferences: snow, thunderstorms & all extreme weather
  • Location: Barnet/south Herts border 130m asl

This game is genius ;)

 

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  • Location: The North Kent countryside
  • Weather Preferences: Hot summers, snowy winters and thunderstorms!
  • Location: The North Kent countryside

My laptop is playing up at the moment so I'll write my guess and try to do the map later if possible so I can still enter:

 

I'm going for the centre being almost exactly halfway between Bristol and Swindon at a pressure of 994mb.

 

EDIT: Trying again:

 

 

 

 

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  • Location: Upper Tweeddale, Scottish Borders 240m ASL
  • Location: Upper Tweeddale, Scottish Borders 240m ASL

Just for fun!

 

985mb

 

 

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  • Location: The North Kent countryside
  • Weather Preferences: Hot summers, snowy winters and thunderstorms!
  • Location: The North Kent countryside

Just an idea, but maybe we should state the rough position of the centre (.e.g 'over Stonehenge area') as well as marking it on the map, cos the blobs are quite big!

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  • Location: Welwyn Herts 115m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Surprises
  • Location: Welwyn Herts 115m ASL

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North of Guernsey, south of Weymouth - in the English Channel (-;

 

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  • Location: Longwell Green, near Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, Gales, frost, fog & snow
  • Location: Longwell Green, near Bristol

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Just off the East Coast, 65miles East of Norwich.

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  • Location: Exile from Argyll
  • Location: Exile from Argyll

This is too challenging for OFS - I've clicked on the ensemble map and come up with the grid points in the graph - will that work as an entry?

 

50.1 north  2.9 west

 

Pressure 986

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  • Location: Clayton-Le-Woods, Chorley 59m asl.
  • Weather Preferences: very cold frosty days, blizzards, very hot weather, floods, storms
  • Location: Clayton-Le-Woods, Chorley 59m asl.

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:D

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