The weather forecast on TV

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wstol

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I don't like the way the weather forecast is presented on TV now.

Too many computer images, strange lines and patterns that I don't even know what they are, and some youngster who can't wait to tell us it's going to rain.

I like the way the weather used to be presented, where there was a big cube inserted into the wall, which revolved. It would revolve so four different maps could be shown.

Then the weatherMAN would place these 'magnetic', I suppose, clouds and suns etc over the map.

Now it's all so technical and dull.

Any southerners remember Trevor Baker?
 
It seems here in the UK the more money they spend on super computers to predict the weather,then it seems less accurate,and when the weather is presented on TV in the evening, they spend so much time on telling you what it has been throughout the day,we know we were there

And they often say it will rain here and there,but I cannot find a place called here and there but they seem to get a lot of rain
 
I assume all TV channels take their forecast from the Met Office . If George Osborne needs to save money look no further! In recent weeks I have attended outdoor concerts in the Newcastle. At the first the Met Office forecast, which I checked before leaving not 1 hour before the gig , said there was a less than 5% chance of any precipitation ,there was an absolute deluge, nowhere to shelter and I was soaked head to foot . This weekend they predicted that the sun would shine most of the day on Saturday and there would be a light breeze . For the duration of festival Saturday the sun shone for about ten minutes and I knew pretty quickly that it was windy when one lady's stetson flew up in the air and spiralled its way towards the Tyne . What I cannot understand is the Grand Prix teams, albeit they are wealthy ,can predict to the minute when its going to rain yet the Met Office seem incapable of getting it correct for any given day.
 
This is interesting because ,I will want to see the forecast and my husband will say , just wait and stick your head out the window, you know it isn't going to be accurate anyway. I know the summers here will be hot!!!!! At least 32C over 90 Degrees here. I just want an idea if we will get rain for our gardens. The ground really drys out quick after a few days that hot. It got so bad one year, everyone's grass was dead and didn't have to cut for almost 3 months. We are fortunate here we stay above the ave rain here. Out west in California they are having a drought.


Back to the news weather. Here they will say it will be 96 degrees , but with the humidity it will feel like 105F. They say it is how it feels to your skin. Who cares anything over 96 degrees is HOT.8)
 
I honestly think it depends on what TV station you watch! The BBC are utter rubbish but I do like Tomas Schaffenacker.
 
Maybe they should start yet another reality show called Guess the Weather,if you get it right more than three times they employ you at the Met Office

I find it hard to believe the met office is funded with 83 million pa from the taxpayer, yet still get it so wrong at times
 
maltrab said:
Maybe they should start yet another reality show called Guess the Weather,if you get it right more than three times they employ you at the Met Office

I find it hard to believe the met office is funded with 83 million pa from the taxpayer, yet still get it so wrong at times
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As Arkwright would say " How much!!!!!!!! " my ghast has never been so flabbered cannot believe that , all these austerity measures , you could halve that and no one would notice.
 
dick said:
I think it was a line from Frankie Howerd in the
film " Carry On Up The Jungle" :o ( Could even be from Music Hall)
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No wonder I didn't recognize it. Haven't seen any of the Carry On ... films. I've seen Frankie Howerd only in the local PBS broadcast of Up Pompeii.
 
dick said:
I think it was a line from Frankie Howerd in the
film " Carry On Up The Jungle" :o ( Could even be from Music Hall)
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Dick I think its a phrase that Frankie used regularly in his act [ his Carry On appearances were in essence him doing his act, in Doctor you have Joan Simms playing the spinster in a similar vein to Jean Mockford who I think played his spinster Piano player at some point, who was in Frankie's words a bit mutton , Jean of course appeared in LOTSW ] .

Marianna, the phrase is sadly not an original penned by myself however, it absolutely sums up my feelings about the amount the Government have ploughed into our Met Office .
 
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