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Photo by Sean Howman, The Pamir highway in an unseasonably cold late October, Tajikistan

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The Pamir highway in an unseasonably
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Having spent all my working life ( mostly) outdoors I can tell what the weather is going to be like, by experience. 100% accurate every time.

So if you want to get this special skill you have 2 choices :

1. Work outdoors for 39yrs ( that's important 39yrs or it won't work not 38 or 40 .........39 yrs )

2. Pay to take me with you everywhere.
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2. Pay to take me with you everywhere.
But only for the next 6? months. After that you'll be beyond the 39 figure.

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Some try to 'read' clouds ... they too can indicate the weather.
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you might want to have a look at the suunto vector or Suunto Core Outdoor Sports Instrument.
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Barometers can be pretty good for predicting the weather, IF you correct them for changes in altitude, and combine them with other observations like clouds and wind direction etc.
As Bertrand says, you will have to keep a log to see long term trends.

My experience with this is mainly with activities like hiking and seakayaking, where it works pretty good. I think accuracy will be less if you travel bigger distances, like you would on your bike, because you will have bigger changes in the terrain you're travelling through, and local features might have a big influence in the local weather.
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It's easy in New Zealand - "If you can't see the top of Mount Cook , It's raining and if you can see the top of Mount Cook - It's gonna rain !!!!
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Ted,

Try one of these maybe?



It has a handy thermometer and can apparently take fairly accurate altitude readings, using its barometer. I would like to buy one, as you also get nice functions like wordtime, alarmclocks, stopwatch, etc, but too skint at the moment! I guess cellphones do most of that, but I like the way it´s quite handy to have on your wrist, can act as a backup if you lose or break your GPS, and probably wont run out of battery or need a signal, either.
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Having spent all my working life ( mostly) outdoors I can tell what the weather is going to be like, by experience. 100% accurate every time.

So if you want to get this special skill you have 2 choices :

1. Work outdoors for 39yrs ( that's important 39yrs or it won't work not 38 or 40 .........39 yrs )

2. Pay to take me with you everywhere.
I was wondering when someone would post something like this. Being a Norfolk boy and done the same, worked out side. I bet you're like me, can smell rain in the wind.
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