http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...name=corporate

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On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 11:11:28 AM UTC, Graham P Davis wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...name=corporate

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I notice they say:

'BBC Weather now has access to more weather data models than ever before so there will also be longer range forecasting on TV and radio.'

LOL

Len
Wembury, SW Devon

On Tuesday, 6 February 2018 12:13:05 UTC, Len Wood wrote:
On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 11:11:28 AM UTC, Graham P Davis wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...name=corporate

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deaf wolf." [Benton Fraser]
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I notice they say:

'BBC Weather now has access to more weather data models than ever before so there will also be longer range forecasting on TV and radio.'

LOL

Len
Wembury, SW Devon

Welcome to the gfs jamberee

Keith (Southend)

Welcome to the gfs jamberee

Keith (Southend)

Keith,

I've not been directly involved in the BBC project but I can assure you it is not a GFS jamboree. We have been major users of EC (and MO) data for decades and that will be evident in the new forecasts.

Julian Mayes (MeteoGroup)

On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 04:29:36 -0800 (PST)
wrote:



Welcome to the gfs jamberee

Keith (Southend)

Keith,

I've not been directly involved in the BBC project but I can assure you it is
not a GFS jamboree. We have been major users of EC (and MO) data for decades
and that will be evident in the new forecasts.

Julian Mayes (MeteoGroup)



Well I really hope the MetO are charging you lot a hefty sum for their data.
I'll reserve judgement on te new forecast when I see it. But I'm not holding my
breath.

BTW why has it taken MeteoGroup so long to get their arse in gear? Ypou bid for
a contract and won it and then spent the next 12 months or more getting ready
to deliver. not good is it?

wrote:



Welcome to the gfs jamberee

Keith (Southend)

Keith,

I've not been directly involved in the BBC project but I can assure
you it is not a GFS jamboree. We have been major users of EC (and MO)
data for decades and that will be evident in the new forecasts.

Julian Mayes (MeteoGroup)



The Met Office's view on the BBC's change of supplier is he

https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2018/0...e-an-enduring-
partnership/

There are some of us on u.s.w., myself included, who sometimes speak in
rather less glowing terms about the Met Office products, and with some
justification :-)

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On Tuesday, 6 February 2018 12:29:37 UTC, wrote:

I've not been directly involved in the BBC project but I can assure you it is not a GFS jamboree. We have been major users of EC (and MO) data for decades and that will be evident in the new forecasts.

Judging by what I've seen on social media from the Met Office in response to punters, they're taking in a particularly petty way that looks bloody awful:

David Langfield @Davimage
Can you explain why their forecast for my area completely differs from yours? (Yours was the more accurate, by the way)

Met Office @metoffice Replying to @Davimage
Hi, the information in our forecasts is from our world leading Numerical Weather Prediction model, trusted by experts across the world & used by over 50 research centres. We can’t comment on the BBC forecast; you’ll need to ask them about it. ^Louise

On 06/02/2018 12:29, wrote:


Welcome to the gfs jamberee

Keith (Southend)

Keith,

I've not been directly involved in the BBC project but I can assure you it is not a GFS jamboree. We have been major users of EC (and MO) data for decades and that will be evident in the new forecasts.

Julian Mayes (MeteoGroup)




Julian

Are you deliberately no predicting cloud and sunshine amounts in the new
graphics?

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Since you address me by name (I assume you mean me) I'll reply - but I'd like to know your name, woldsweather.

For a start, the graphics are nothing to do with me, personally. Therefore I don't mind what people think of them - but I will correct a factual misunderstanding. I'd have thought it pretty obvious that the white swirly looking stuff was cloud and the green was land - imagine you are looking down on the Earth. Quite a simple idea really.


Julian Mayes

...and you are...?

On 06/02/18 12:13, Len Wood wrote:
On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 11:11:28 AM UTC, Graham P Davis wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...name=corporate


I notice they say:

'BBC Weather now has access to more weather data models than ever before so there will also be longer range forecasting on TV and radio.'

LOL


Yes, I assume the "long-range" forecast is the one to be extended from 7
to 14 days. Still think that should be labelled "medium-range" since
"long-range" meant a month's forecast over fifty years ago and
"medium-range" was 3 days. Surely we've moved on?

One good thing to come out of it is the flat map replacing the global
version. Should make northerners happier? Mind you, if it's a Mercator
projection, fans of The West Wing might argue for the Peters projection
instead.

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"There is nothing more frustrating than playing hide and seek with a
deaf wolf." [Benton Fraser]
OS: Linux [openSUSE Tumbleweed]