On Monday, March 5, 2018 at 3:26:53 PM UTC, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Dave Cornwell wrote:

On 05/03/2018 13:46, Norman Lynagh wrote:

Interesting announcement from the Met Office a few minutes ago:

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Rob Varley has stepped down from his role as Chief Executive of the
Met Office.
Nick Jobling, currently Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Finance
Officer, will be interim Chief Executive with immediate effect,
pending the appointment of a permanent Chief Executive in due
course. This will ensure continued leadership of our world-class
National Meteorological Service.
Met Office operations and services are wholly unaffected by this
decision.
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That wasn't on the radar. Oh no, there hasn't been any radar :-)

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I suspect there's a story behind it that we'll never hear.

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Norman Lynagh
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He came down to Cornwall on holiday shortly after he took up the role. He was quoted in the local press criticising the 'overly pessimistic' (his words) 5 day forecasts for the coast in Cornwall. Apparently there was no rain during his hols, when some was forecast everyday. Unstable showery conditions, when it's all inland, I suspect.

Anyway, he was quoted as saying he would make reviewing the 5 day forecasts a priority.

No further comment!

Graham
Penzance