24-08-2015, 10:59 PM
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I don’t think we need the weather ‘forecast’ on TV anymore, it’s never accurate anyway, this is 2015 and scientists can tell you when there's storms on Mars but down here it's another story. I mean suppose you wanted to take the family out on a picnic from A to B in the UK, could you get a clear answer if it was going to rain in B at 1pm when you arrive? no they couldn’t give you a straight yes or no answer, so that is not ‘forecasting’ the weather, if I go into the bookies and do a forecast bet I have to pick the right horses to come first and second in that order, otherwise I lose me bet. The BBC is right to chuck ‘em out, or keep them on part time ‘Weather Guessers’. Who can ever forget Mickey Fish?I look at the satellite map online (Sat24) and it’s like looking down on the country live, you can see the clouds coming in and departing, plus which way the wind is blowing them and then make your own judgements on what the rest of the day is going to be like, if you get it wrong don’t despair, the BBC have been getting it wrong for donkeys years and they’re professionals.
24-08-2015, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Jem
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I mean suppose you wanted to take the family out on a picnic from A to B in the UK, could you get a clear answer if it was going to rain in B at 1pm when you arrive?
not days ahead but hours ahead the local forecast is very reliable... I put my postcode in here every morning and check before hanging the washing out ..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/
24-08-2015, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Meg
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Most of the time yes Jem not days ahead but hours ahead the local forecast is very reliable... I put my postcode in here every morning and check before hanging the washing out ..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/
Aah, well you see, Meg, you should do what us country folks do. We look out of the window.
24-08-2015, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Hanfonius
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Aah, well you see, Meg, you should do what us country folks do. We look out of the window.
I do that as well Han but it is only reliably accurate for about 10 minutes ...
25-08-2015, 11:51 AM
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As Jem said 'they are never accurate anyway'. I have never seen such a bunch of weather wannabes trying to justify or prolong their spot on TV with fancy graphs and words .Our weather system is notoriously unpredictable and no fancy million pound computer will change that. I have more faith in my seaweed hanging outside the back door and I will even try squeezing my buttocks ..because I really do object to paying my TV license for that Weather forecasting shower on the Beeb
25-08-2015, 05:34 PM
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I have a Met Office weather app on my i-phone and it is ridiculously inaccurate. I know weather forecasting is a notoriously difficult science, but they seem to get it very wrong very often. Maybe if they spent more time actually looking at weather and less trying to manipulate evidence to "prove" anthropogenic global warming, they might get it right more often.|
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