as cloud and rain spread across the country" so says Louise Lear (although I am working from memory, and even though it was only 5 minutes ago and mine is pretty bad). Well I've got some news for Louise, it's been cloudy and rainy for much of the week in the SW of England and I'm looking forward to Sunday when we might just see the back of that front. Of course her problem is that she is based in the SE of England and see's the rest of the country from her viewpoint in London. Why can't the presenters just imagine that they are giving their forecasts from a location that's outside the country that it's for, or even from space (crazy I know), but then their weather perspective would hopefully be more nationwide and stop them slipping into the southeast centric thinking that seems to permeate most of the TV forecasts.

On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 12:18:46 PM UTC+1, xmetman wrote:
it's been cloudy and rainy for much of the week in the SW of England

That's a bit of an inaccurate generalisation. Down here Sat-Tues were dry, with sunny spells, prolonged on the coast both Mon & Tues. Also gradually rising temperatures. In fact 4 consecutive decent dry days, something of a rarity lately! It was not until Weds that it went downhill.

Take a look at Sat - Tues here http://www.sennen-cove.com/imaug15.htm. In fact the weather was so nice Mon/Tues I took the family to the beach, so no surfing!

Mind you, Weds-Fri have been very poor.

Graham
Penzance

On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 1:07:31 PM UTC+1, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 12:18:46 PM UTC+1, xmetman wrote:
it's been cloudy and rainy for much of the week in the SW of England

That's a bit of an inaccurate generalisation. Down here Sat-Tues were dry, with sunny spells, prolonged on the coast both Mon & Tues. Also gradually rising temperatures. In fact 4 consecutive decent dry days, something of a rarity lately! It was not until Weds that it went downhill.

Take a look at Sat - Tues here http://www.sennen-cove.com/imaug15.htm. In fact the weather was so nice Mon/Tues I took the family to the beach, so no surfing!

Mind you, Weds-Fri have been very poor.

Graham
Penzance

You might also be surprised to see the current totally unforecast sunshine and very good visibility on Scilly - http://www.scillyman.co.uk/Lowertown_Cam.html

So even today not dismal everywhere in the SW.

(Mind you - I accespt it's different up in England!)

Graham

On Friday, 21 August 2015 12:18:46 UTC+1, xmetman wrote:
as cloud and rain spread across the country" so says Louise Lear (although I am working from memory, and even though it was only 5 minutes ago and mine is pretty bad). Well I've got some news for Louise, it's been cloudy and rainy for much of the week in the SW of England and I'm looking forward to Sunday when we might just see the back of that front. Of course her problem is that she is based in the SE of England and see's the rest of the country from her viewpoint in London. Why can't the presenters just imagine that they are giving their forecasts from a location that's outside the country that it's for, or even from space (crazy I know), but then their weather perspective would hopefully be more nationwide and stop them slipping into the southeast centric thinking that seems to permeate most of the TV forecasts.

Even though I live in the SE I'd say that contains a lot of truth. Saturday and maybe Sunday are going to be hot in these parts (30° from a rather throwaway line I heard on R4 yesterday) and the following days will be a great contrast and maybe very wet. But the contrast will be less elsewhere.
I don't usually watch the TV forecasts so I can't say anything about their SE-centricity but on the radio this tendency seems considerably less and the SE does not get special treatment or the assumption of being the centre of the universe.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

On Friday, 21 August 2015 12:18:46 UTC+1, xmetman wrote:
as cloud and rain spread across the country" so says Louise Lear (although I am working from memory, and even though it was only 5 minutes ago and mine is pretty bad). Well I've got some news for Louise, it's been cloudy and rainy for much of the week in the SW of England and I'm looking forward to Sunday when we might just see the back of that front. Of course her problem is that she is based in the SE of England and see's the rest of the country from her viewpoint in London. Why can't the presenters just imagine that they are giving their forecasts from a location that's outside the country that it's for, or even from space (crazy I know), but then their weather perspective would hopefully be more nationwide and stop them slipping into the southeast centric thinking that seems to permeate most of the TV forecasts.




No wonder you are an ex metman. Stop leering at Louise, she is a very able good looking woman who has a degree from the Middlesex (PC name for a public Uni)and was chosen purely for her abilities; by the way , any SE centric (my god another Right on phrase) weather coverage. But was Louise present the national forecast or just the regional.....for .....the SE?

On Friday, 21 August 2015 22:48:03 UTC+1, Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
On Friday, 21 August 2015 12:18:46 UTC+1, xmetman wrote:
as cloud and rain spread across the country" so says Louise Lear (although I am working from memory, and even though it was only 5 minutes ago and mine is pretty bad). Well I've got some news for Louise, it's been cloudy and rainy for much of the week in the SW of England and I'm looking forward to Sunday when we might just see the back of that front. Of course her problem is that she is based in the SE of England and see's the rest of the country from her viewpoint in London. Why can't the presenters just imagine that they are giving their forecasts from a location that's outside the country that it's for, or even from space (crazy I know), but then their weather perspective would hopefully be more nationwide and stop them slipping into the southeast centric thinking that seems to permeate most of the TV forecasts.




No wonder you are an ex metman. Stop leering at Louise, she is a very able good looking woman who has a degree from the Middlesex (PC name for a public Uni)and was chosen purely for her abilities; by the way , any SE centric (my god another Right on phrase) weather coverage. But was Louise present the national forecast or just the regional.....for .....the SE?

That's the point it was a national forecast. As far as I know she is from my home town of Sheffield. All the women (and the men come to that) are trailing in Carole Kirkwood's wake and I can't see that ending till she leaves.