Hi Everyone,

A few people have asked about this, and sadly I can confirm that earlier this week Keith Barnett suffered a severe stroke and passed away.

I had the pleasure of meeting Keith a few times when I was in Sydney. Keith often attended ASWA meetings (and even hosted a few at his house). Keith was an astutely honest and loyal person - you will not find a more honest person I can assure you. Keith enjoyed collecting weather observations and also was quite gifted with statistics and enjoyed combining the two. Keith was a regular and valuable contributor to this forum and I believe Keith was also a rainfall observer for the BoM. Outside of weather - Keith was a very talented musician.

My thoughts are with Keith's friends and family during this time - you will be very much missed!

Anthony Cornelius

Very bad news, RIP Keith!

A loyal and very long term supporter of Weatherzone Forums. RIP Keith, we have all benefited from his input, knowledge and debating skills over the years.

Damn that is indeed sad news Anthony. I enjoyed Keith's contributions and had some fine discussions with him a few years ago about siting of rain gauges, which I knew nothing about at the time. I will miss his posts and my thoughts are with his family and friends. RIP mate.

I will really miss "Keith"'s contributions to these forum threads, and his helpful e-mails to me.
We need such people with enquiring minds, common sense, and intellectual honesty in climate debates.

Such shocking news, Anthony. As I said yesterday, he was such an honest and knowledgable fellow and he was always so willing to take the time to answer questions and assist others wherever possible. He will be truly missed by us all.

Keith's posts were always required reading for me as well. Thanks for letting us know AC - I will miss his comments.

RIP Keith.

It good to talk to you few times, in most threads. Learnt a lot of things about climate from him. And he recently discussed in aspergers syndrome's thread earlier last week. It was good, but damn miss

Very sad news, I also remember meeting Keith a few times over the years and enjoyed talking to somebody that was a bit more contemporary in age - although I am a bit younger.

This is a great loss to the WZ community. I didn't have too much to do with Keith, but it's abundantly clear from his posts that he was a very knowledgeable bloke with a gift for analysis and not afraid to pull us "young whippersnappers" into line. His weather station at Kings Langley was excellent. Please pass on my condolences.

Very very sad news.He will be sorely missed on the wz forums for his honesty and knowledge of weather.
RIP Keith

I will certainly miss him, A life long knowledge of weather has come to end, he was a great source of knowledge, so sad to hear. Often he has made me look at climate history in other ways, and was a great link to the past.

:-(

I am very saddened to hear. I remember meeting Keith some years. His passion, enthusiasm and knowledge will be greatly missed to all the weather community. He was an all round nice guy.

RIP Keith. In God's care.

Great Guy, sadly missed. God bless you, Keith. Catch you later mate!

Very upsetting. So long mate.

Damn, this is horrible news. He always tried to help people out when he could and his input was greatly valued on these forums. RIP mate, you will sorely be missed.

Sad indeed. We came from opposite sides of the political spectrum but agreed on most things weather related. Had some great discussions with him over the years, especially when he was considering moving up to the Dorrigo region -was excited by that possibility and the chance to have two live stations so close to each other but so different at the same time. Was never meant to be.
I not only loved Keith's work on data but the number of times he would post on here, listen to the advice given and go away, work some more and come back with something even better than the great results h had already produced.
Blessings and love to you Keith, hope to see you on the other side some time.

Terrible news, rest in peace KB. Your input in these forums will be sadly missed, being the rainfall fanatic he was, may this weeks east coast rain event be in his honor! So long mate.

So long Keith. Never had the pleasure of meeting him, but from my discussions with him on these forum he was a dedicated, knowledgable lover of weather and was always willing to give his time to help myself and others. RIP Mate, you'll be missed sorely.

Sad to read the news here. I met Keith once and remember him to be a nice guy with a love of weather. I am sure he is at peace now though.