The general opinion amongst my acquaintances in the village here is
that the severe weather warning service is a waste of time. That's
certainly my experience. In the great majority of occasions when a
warning covers this area we do not get the severe weather. When we do
get genuinely severe weather, more often than not there is no warning
current. In my opinion, the Severe Weather Warning Service, as it is
currently operated, is not fit for purpose.

That's my opinion too Norman, I find then so annoying. My wife has always
been worried about driving in snow but she is now always pleased when she
hears the warnings because most of the time we get very little or none.
December proves my point. There were so many times we were hit by sudden
heavy snowfall and not a warning in site. My wife went out for a meal one
night with work colleagues and struggle to get home.
I was trying to point out the problem yesterday as a prime example. Met
Office warning for snow in place from 10.30 until 23.55. We had a fine, dry
morning and more cloudy but dry afternoon. I could see the band of snow on
the radar becoming less and less as it painstakingly moved northwards, why
couldn't they see it and adjust their warnings. More annoying at 18.50 the
Midlands today presenter was saying 10 to 15 cms on high ground which
included Staffordshire. I said to my wife that's total rubbish as she needed
to get to work today! When the snow did finally arrived around 20.30, it was
very light and patchy, which I expected. Anyway must stop rambling, just
wanted to make a valid point!
By the way Norman will you be doing anymore photos, does look good there


Graham