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Adrian
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 		Updated again.
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Adrian
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 		Updated once more.
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Adrian
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 		Updated it - turns out that Day 4's stuff had to be moved to Day 5. No worries - puzzle is still right on track.
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Adrian
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 		Another day, another update
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Adrian
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 		Once more, with updates!
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Nightmare Tony
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 		Amnyone close to the answer yet? I have no context, the only thing I can think of relates to eahc day's puzzles having 5 words and the word interconnect which points the word ENIGMA to me. Nothing else beyond there...
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SpaceBass
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 		Well, Google says "25 per day" equals 0.000289351852 hertz. Yay! I am win!

Adrian's last update is a play on the title of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode. Maybe it has something to do with Buffy! Very Happy

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catherwood
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 		time for some data analysis:
Code:
       .... BC,HR,LR,LRS,RS,SD,SI,TS,WMLC

Day 1  ....            6     9  4       1
Day 2  ....     2  2   3  1  8  3  1
Day 3  ....            7     8  5
Day 5  ....  2              14  3  1
Day 6  ....  1     1   4     9  2  3
Day 7  ....        4   1    11  4


each day has 20 data points.
WMLC appeared on Day 1 and hasn't been seen since.
SD is the most common data point.

I'm thinking is has something to do with daily weather reports.

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aliendial
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 		I googled WMLC as likely the least common (and therefore searchable) term, and the main response I get is it's the file extension for a compiled WML document. And all but one of the others are file extension names too. Meaning most likely nothing, esp. since one is missing.
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Adrian
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 		I may get into trouble about this with the person concerned, but what the hell - there is at least one person who has figured out an important part of the puzzle. I am very pleased about this, because it means that I didn't make it too hard Very Happy
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sapagoo
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 		taking the weather suggestion from catherwood,
I googled "Sunny", "light rain"

and found a few hits.
then I googled "sunny", "light rain" "heavy rain"
and went to
http://www.caradon.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleaction=weather&page=general&showflash=false

British weather, fancy that.

so know I know SI is "sunny intervals"
and MLC is "medium level cloud"
and LRS may be "light rain shower"
sunny is different from sunny intervals.
I'm guessing "sunny intervals" is the equivalent to Partly Sunny.

so, we have
BC,HR,LR,LRS,RS,SD,SI,TS,WMLC

BC?
HR heavy rain
LR light rain
LRS light rain showers
RS rain showers
SD sunny day
SI sunny intervals
TS thunder showers
WMLC william and medium level clouds.

googling again
http://www.ukweather.freeserve.co.uk/abbrev.htm
BC = Patches (usually used with FG)
WMLC - windy? medium level clouds.

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Caterpillar
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sapagoo wrote:
BC = Patches (usually used with FG)
WMLC - windy? medium level clouds.

Maybe BC is Black Clouds since it looks as though WMLC is White Medium Level Cloud?

So do you think we have to find the location for this forecast? Most places give a 5-day forecast, so are we looking for 4 different places? Or are there numbers that go along with these codes that could be useful?
Quote:

Unknown
Clear sky (Night)
Sunny (Day)
Partly cloudy (Night)
Sunny intervals
Duststorm
Mist
Fog
(White) Medium-level cloud
(Black) Low-level cloud
Light rain shower (Night)
Light rain shower (Day)
Drizzle
Light rain
Heavy rain shower (Night)
Heavy rain shower (Day)
Heavy Rain
Sleet shower (Night)
Sleet shower (Day)
Sleet
Hail shower (Night)
Hail shower (Day)
Hail
Light snow shower (Night)
Light snow shower (Day)
Light snow
Heavy snow shower (Night)
Heavy snow shower (Day)
Heavy snow
Thundery shower (Night)
Thundery shower (Day)
Thunder storm
Tropical storm


EDIT: Curious they felt the need to make it clear that the forecast "Sunny" was during the (Day) ..........as opposed to ??? Very Happy

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catherwood
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 		um, i wasn't really serious about the weather thing. I'm sure whomever is on the right track has contacted Adrian thru PM inbox as instructed. And it wasn't me!

How about box scores? Cricket, anyone?

What sorts of statistics would be reported in sets of 20 per day? And is the 5x4 layout important? And was there data for that skipped day, or did the puzzle data continue where it left off?

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Adrian
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 		Today's update has now been included.
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 		the shipping forecast is broadcast four times daily from bbc radio 4. perhaps each line of 5 comes from that.

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