I think I've heard this term in the Shipping forecast so I assume it has
an official definition. I'd always assumed it to mean at worst clear air
with good visibility and at best clear skies and sunny by day.
Yesterday's forecast for here (BBC News 24, Carol Kirkwood, I think))
mentioned fairly persistent cloud here which was shown on the chart.
This was followed by " ... the fine weather will continue into the
weekend." So does it basically mean just not raining or is this another
example of sloppy forecasting?
Dave, S.Essex

On Friday, 26 September 2014 11:12:37 UTC+1, Dave Cornwell wrote:

This was followed by " ... the fine weather will continue into the
weekend."

That doesn't sound like anything from the shipping broadcast. Are you sure it wasn't on the general weather report following it?

Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Friday, 26 September 2014 11:12:37 UTC+1, Dave Cornwell wrote:
This was followed by " ... the fine weather will continue into the
weekend."

That doesn't sound like anything from the shipping broadcast. Are you sure it wasn't on the general weather report following it?
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As it says in the post BBC News 24 forecast.

On Friday, September 26, 2014 11:12:37 AM UTC+1, Dave Cornwell wrote:
I think I've heard this term in the Shipping forecast so I assume it has

an official definition. I'd always assumed it to mean at worst clear air

with good visibility and at best clear skies and sunny by day.

Yesterday's forecast for here (BBC News 24, Carol Kirkwood, I think))

mentioned fairly persistent cloud here which was shown on the chart.

This was followed by " ... the fine weather will continue into the

weekend." So does it basically mean just not raining or is this another

example of sloppy forecasting?

Dave, S.Essex

'Fine' means exactly what you said - it's not raining!

Dave,
Fine means not raining here. As in "Will it stay fine?" when swmbo wants to put the washing out to dry.
Ken
Copley
Teesdale

On Friday, 26 September 2014 11:12:37 UTC+1, Dave Cornwell wrote:
I think I've heard this term in the Shipping forecast so I assume it has an official definition. I'd always assumed it to mean at worst clear air with good visibility and at best clear skies and sunny by day. Yesterday's forecast for here (BBC News 24, Carol Kirkwood, I think)) mentioned fairly persistent cloud here which was shown on the chart. This was followed by " .... the fine weather will continue into the weekend." So does it basically mean just not raining or is this another example of sloppy forecasting? Dave, S.Essex

"Fine" to me means the sun is out, if not necessarily continuously. Only for specialised outdoor applications such as cricket and construction work would "fine" mean simply "not raining". No-one I know would describe 8/8 St or Sc as fine. They'd simply say it was dull, especially if it was stratus.
It's partly sloppines and partly the fact that BBC weather presenters don't really speak real English but a kind of populist mangled version with strange terms as they cope with the compulsory dumbing-down, which disorients them. Or maybe they're just no bloody good, as the old joke has it.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

Must be a northern saying, Tudor. Any weather at all without precipitation has always been "fine" in these parts.
Ken

"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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Must be a northern saying, Tudor. Any weather at all without precipitation
has always been "fine" in these parts.

Same here on Dartmoor. In fact just drizzling is fine!

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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Must be a northern saying, Tudor. Any weather at all without precipitation
has always been "fine" in these parts.

To me 'fine' has to be better than simply not raining.
Not raining is simply 'dry'
I would certainly not describe a very dull & overcast but dry
day as 'fine'.
Never mind thick fog!
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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

"Will Hand" wrote in message
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"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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Must be a northern saying, Tudor. Any weather at all without
precipitation has always been "fine" in these parts.

Same here on Dartmoor. In fact just drizzling is fine!



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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg