Rob McElwee and the majority of forecasters, that's who. To quote Rob
himself after the 10:30 BBC1 news:

"I feel a bit embarrassed that I was one of the, admittedly majority
of forecasters, that missed the bleedin' obvious. It was going to warm
up everywhere, just a little bit, not enough to kill all the snow but
to mean that coastal rain was more likely than coastal snow."

It's good that he's man enough to own up, interesting choice of words
too!

--
Dave

On Sunday 10 Jan 2010 23:25, Dave Ludlow scribbled:

Rob McElwee and the majority of forecasters, that's who. To quote Rob
himself after the 10:30 BBC1 news:

"I feel a bit embarrassed that I was one of the, admittedly majority
of forecasters, that missed the bleedin' obvious. It was going to warm
up everywhere, just a little bit, not enough to kill all the snow but
to mean that coastal rain was more likely than coastal snow."

It's good that he's man enough to own up, interesting choice of words
too!


Sometimes it's amazing how much more bleedin' obvious something is after a
forecast has gone wrong than it was before. Been there, done that, etc.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy
"I wear the cheese. It does not wear me."

Graham P Davis wrote:
On Sunday 10 Jan 2010 23:25, Dave Ludlow scribbled:

Rob McElwee and the majority of forecasters, that's who. To quote Rob
himself after the 10:30 BBC1 news:

"I feel a bit embarrassed that I was one of the, admittedly majority
of forecasters, that missed the bleedin' obvious. It was going to warm
up everywhere, just a little bit, not enough to kill all the snow but
to mean that coastal rain was more likely than coastal snow."

It's good that he's man enough to own up, interesting choice of words
too!


Sometimes it's amazing how much more bleedin' obvious something is after a
forecast has gone wrong than it was before. Been there, done that, etc.


You ok this morning Graham, you seem to be on a mission reading your
last couple of posts ;-)

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

On Monday 11 Jan 2010 06:59, Keith(Southend) scribbled:

Graham P Davis wrote:
On Sunday 10 Jan 2010 23:25, Dave Ludlow scribbled:

Rob McElwee and the majority of forecasters, that's who. To quote Rob
himself after the 10:30 BBC1 news:

"I feel a bit embarrassed that I was one of the, admittedly majority
of forecasters, that missed the bleedin' obvious. It was going to warm
up everywhere, just a little bit, not enough to kill all the snow but
to mean that coastal rain was more likely than coastal snow."

It's good that he's man enough to own up, interesting choice of words
too!


Sometimes it's amazing how much more bleedin' obvious something is after
a forecast has gone wrong than it was before. Been there, done that, etc.


You ok this morning Graham, you seem to be on a mission reading your
last couple of posts ;-)


I'd just got out of bed but I'm fairly sure it was the right side. ;-)

I don't think this last snow forecast for the SE was particularly easy and,
although one could see signs that it might go wrong, they weren't
overwhelmingly convincing. I mean, even Will got it wrong! ;-)

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy
"I wear the cheese. It does not wear me."

On Jan 11, 9:03*am, Graham P Davis wrote:
On Monday 11 Jan 2010 06:59, Keith(Southend) scribbled:





Graham P Davis wrote:
On Sunday 10 Jan 2010 23:25, Dave Ludlow scribbled:

Rob McElwee and the majority of forecasters, that's who. To quote Rob
himself after the 10:30 BBC1 news:

"I feel a bit embarrassed that I was one of the, admittedly majority
of forecasters, that missed the bleedin' obvious. It was going to warm
up everywhere, just a little bit, not enough to kill all the snow but
to mean that coastal rain was more likely than coastal snow."

It's good that he's man enough to own up, interesting choice of words
too!

Sometimes it's amazing how much more bleedin' obvious something is after
a forecast has gone wrong than it was before. Been there, done that, etc.

You ok this morning Graham, you seem to be on a mission reading your
last couple of posts ;-)

I'd just got out of bed but I'm fairly sure it was the right side. ;-)

I don't think this last snow forecast for the SE was particularly easy and,
although one could see signs that it might go wrong, they weren't
overwhelmingly convincing. I mean, even Will got it wrong! *;-)

If it goes wrong then you aught to know by now the bleeding obvious
included earthquakes.

There has been a set of them for the Solomin Islands. All smack dab
over one tight plot of land as it happens.

Unsurprisingly the plate fiends have totally ignored the concept once
more. (For reasons that are bleeding obvious.)