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I know this subject has been raised a few times but why is the "icon"
forecast on the Met Office site so different from the warnings? According to the warnings page parts of the SW can expect frequent heavy snow showers on Friday but the forecast map shows nothing worse than a bit of coastal rain!! It seems to me that this sort of basic inconsistency undermines what is generally a sound service and possibly could confuse any casual observer. Tony |
Inconsistent
On Dec 14, 10:34*am, "Tony Kenyon"
wrote: I know this subject has been raised a few times but why is the "icon" forecast on the Met Office site so different from the warnings? According to the warnings page parts of the SW can expect frequent heavy snow showers on Friday but the forecast map shows nothing worse than a bit of coastal rain!! It seems to me that this sort of basic inconsistency undermines what is generally a sound service and possibly could confuse any casual observer. Tony The image of a chocolate teapot springs to mind regarding this... brian aberfeldy |
Inconsistent
On Dec 14, 10:34*am, "Tony Kenyon"
wrote: I know this subject has been raised a few times but why is the "icon" forecast on the Met Office site so different from the warnings? According to the warnings page parts of the SW can expect frequent heavy snow showers on Friday but the forecast map shows nothing worse than a bit of coastal rain!! It seems to me that this sort of basic inconsistency undermines what is generally a sound service and possibly could confuse any casual observer. Tony It's not just the warnings that are inconsistent with the forecast, different elements of the forecast are inconsistent. See http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html go to Thursday night, Friday, Friday night, rain showers over Cornwall. (The narrative is different of course) But go to an forecast for the warmest part of mainland Cornwall http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html and it's snow for Thurs night onwards. I think it just needs a bit more care & human intervention. Graham Penzance |
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On 14/12/2010 12:53, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Dec 14, 10:34 am, "Tony wrote: I know this subject has been raised a few times but why is the "icon" forecast on the Met Office site so different from the warnings? According to the warnings page parts of the SW can expect frequent heavy snow showers on Friday but the forecast map shows nothing worse than a bit of coastal rain!! It seems to me that this sort of basic inconsistency undermines what is generally a sound service and possibly could confuse any casual observer. Tony It's not just the warnings that are inconsistent with the forecast, different elements of the forecast are inconsistent. See http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html go to Thursday night, Friday, Friday night, rain showers over Cornwall. (The narrative is different of course) But go to an forecast for the warmest part of mainland Cornwall http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html and it's snow for Thurs night onwards. I think it just needs a bit more care& human intervention. Graham Penzance The really bizarre thing is that they have introduced a "Senior Forecaster's View" which overrides all the other stuff displayed on the website. Sometimes this countermands the symbols *and* the already issued text forecast. Have they thought of employing some people (or getting a decent agency) that can actually update the website so that the correct information is shown on it? The "Senior Forecaster's View" effort smacks of an admission of failure on this score. Do the budget cutbacks mean they can only afford to have the main site updated at specified times? -- - Yokel - Yokel posts via a spam-trap account which is not read |
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"Yokel" wrote in message ... On 14/12/2010 12:53, Graham Easterling wrote: On Dec 14, 10:34 am, "Tony wrote: I know this subject has been raised a few times but why is the "icon" forecast on the Met Office site so different from the warnings? According to the warnings page parts of the SW can expect frequent heavy snow showers on Friday but the forecast map shows nothing worse than a bit of coastal rain!! It seems to me that this sort of basic inconsistency undermines what is generally a sound service and possibly could confuse any casual observer. Tony It's not just the warnings that are inconsistent with the forecast, different elements of the forecast are inconsistent. See http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html go to Thursday night, Friday, Friday night, rain showers over Cornwall. (The narrative is different of course) But go to an forecast for the warmest part of mainland Cornwall http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html and it's snow for Thurs night onwards. I think it just needs a bit more care& human intervention. Graham Penzance The really bizarre thing is that they have introduced a "Senior Forecaster's View" which overrides all the other stuff displayed on the website. Sometimes this countermands the symbols *and* the already issued text forecast. Have they thought of employing some people (or getting a decent agency) that can actually update the website so that the correct information is shown on it? The "Senior Forecaster's View" effort smacks of an admission of failure on this score. Do the budget cutbacks mean they can only afford to have the main site updated at specified times? -- - Yokel - Yokel posts via a spam-trap account which is not read I'm hoping I don't become obsessed by this but today's three day outlook states that central areas will be largely dry whereas the map has a double snowflake symbol over the same area!! This is really irritating. Tony |
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On Dec 15, 9:01*am, "Tony Kenyon"
wrote: "Yokel" wrote in message ... On 14/12/2010 12:53, Graham Easterling wrote: On Dec 14, 10:34 am, "Tony wrote: I know this subject has been raised a few times but why is the "icon" forecast on the Met Office site so different from the warnings? According to the warnings page parts of the SW can expect frequent heavy snow showers on Friday but the forecast map shows nothing worse than a bit of coastal rain!! It seems to me that this sort of basic inconsistency undermines what is generally a sound service and possibly could confuse any casual observer. Tony It's not just the warnings that are inconsistent with the forecast, different elements of the forecast are inconsistent. Seehttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/sw/sw_forecast_weather.html go to Thursday night, Friday, Friday night, rain showers over Cornwall. (The narrative is different of course) But go to an forecast for the warmest part of mainland Cornwall http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html and it's snow for Thurs night onwards. I think it just needs a bit more care& *human intervention. Graham Penzance The really bizarre thing is that they have introduced a "Senior Forecaster's View" which overrides all the other stuff displayed on the website. *Sometimes this countermands the symbols *and* the already issued text forecast. Have they thought of employing some people (or getting a decent agency) that can actually update the website so that the correct information is shown on it? *The "Senior Forecaster's View" effort smacks of an admission of failure on this score. *Do the budget cutbacks mean they can only afford to have the main site updated at specified times? -- *- Yokel - Yokel posts via a spam-trap account which is not read I'm hoping I don't become obsessed by this but today's three day outlook states that central areas will be largely dry whereas the map has a double snowflake symbol over the same area!! This is really irritating. Tony You're best making your own judgments from the charts and models available as most of the written stuff by all and sundry forecasting companies are just not worth the paper they're written on. Anyway, when it comes to snow you may as well toss a coin as the nature of snowfall in this country is inconsistent. Keith (Southend) http://www.southendweather.net "Weather Home & Abroad" |
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