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@ 28. Jun 2009 – 01:22:29 pm
As you know Margaret & enjoy having a good look around Charity shops etc. Well, I was intrigued by this the other day. It purports to forecast the weather, by what happens to the liquid. Has anyone else seen anything like this before? Is it a load of tosh? Have I wasted £5?!
Hope Margaret & Les enjoy their Open Gardens event today.
malakeas
Pro Hi Margaret and Noreen,
I think it's possible that it might work. It looks like some kind of gage based on barometric pressure. I think that when it goes up, you have better chance of getting sunshine. And a chance of rain and/or storm as the pressure drops. Of course, I could be totally and completely wrong.
Thank you for your well-wishes and understanding comment on my blog. I sincerely appreciated it.
Patricia
carlosf
Can it be any less accurate than the Met Office?
I'm with Patricia, barometric all the way!
I have a vague memory from school, such a long time ago, that just about any fluid in a column will tell you what the barometric pressure is up to, it's just that you apparently need a much longer tube to read with water than with mercury. No idea what's in your column, you'll have to tell us if it does give you any indication. It must be worth the fiver just to experiment!
SHABBYCHICk
I think whether it works or not, it's a very interesting find.
I certainly have never seen anything like it before, and I don't belive you have wasted a fiver, it's well worth it as it is so unusual.
Lindsay
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I am curious to see if that works as well.