http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Joe

Joe Hunt wrote:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/


Well that's ridiculous.

They've issued a severe weather warning for the entire country for 4
consecutive days.

Wolf! Wolf!



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Brian Wakem
Email: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/b.wakem/myemail.png

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:14:39 +0000, Brian Wakem wrote:

Joe Hunt wrote:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Well that's ridiculous.

They've issued a severe weather warning for the entire country for 4
consecutive days.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporat...r20061228.html

"News release
Severe weather set to hit UK
28 December 2006

The Met Office is forecasting spells of very stormy weather across
much of the country as we head into the New Year, with gusts of 80
m.p.h. expected in the worst-affected areas.

Scotland and Northern Ireland will see the worst of the weather, but
Wales and parts of England will also see very squally weather with
gusts of 60 m.p.h.

There is concern for New Years Eve, particularly over Northern Ireland
and Scotland with further very strong winds forecast. The advice is to
keep up-to-date with the weather forecast and travel information.

As well as strong winds the marked change in the weather will also
bring periods of heavy rain and squally showers."

--
Dave

"Brian Wakem" wrote in message
...
Joe Hunt wrote:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/


Well that's ridiculous.

They've issued a severe weather warning for the entire country for 4
consecutive days.

Apart from the Isle of Man.
Perhaps they forgot to colour that bit in.

Wolf! Wolf!

Quite.The same thing happened last month when severe gales
were forecast for the *whole* of the country.
Result?
Some areas got a bit of a battering, NW England was very windy
but nothing of nore and the rest odf the country was wondering
what the fuss was about.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

In article ,
Col writes:

"Brian Wakem" wrote in message
...

They've issued a severe weather warning for the entire country for 4
consecutive days.

Apart from the Isle of Man.
Perhaps they forgot to colour that bit in.

Is the Met Office responsible for forecasting for the Isle of Man? It's
not part of the UK (it is a Crown Dependency if Wikipedia is to be
believed).
--
John Hall

"Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes."
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

"John Hall" wrote in message
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Is the Met Office responsible for forecasting for the Isle of Man? It's
not part of the UK (it is a Crown Dependency if Wikipedia is to be
believed).

That doesn't stop NW tonight weather including the IOM in their
forecasts. So as far as BBC regions are concerned, it's part of the
UK. They *do* pay their licence fee there, don't they?

--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

Col wrote:

Apart from the Isle of Man.
Perhaps they forgot to colour that bit in.

I think that because the IOM isn't part of the UK, the UK Met Office
have no control over the weather there. The IOM Met Office have issued
their own warnings:

http://www.gov.im/infocentre/weather.aspx

--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL
http://sanday.org.uk/weather

I think that because the IOM isn't part of the UK, the UK Met Office
have no control over the weather there.

Blimey, the MetO control the weather over the UK.

You'd think they'd do a better job.

Graham
Penzance

In message , Steve Loft
writes
Col wrote:

Apart from the Isle of Man.
Perhaps they forgot to colour that bit in.

I think that because the IOM isn't part of the UK, the UK Met Office
have no control over the weather there. The IOM Met Office have issued
their own warnings:

http://www.gov.im/infocentre/weather.aspx


Interesting to see my neck of the woods mentioned.

Just to answer a few points raised, we are a crown dependency and not a
part of the UK. We have our own Met Office at Ronaldsway, and very good
they are too. Pretty accurate forecasts and always willing to talk to a
small
boater like me about sea/weather conditions round the island.

http://www.manxradio.com/weather.aspx

As for BBC NW Tonight, we do pay TV licences but there's been lots of
moans that we get nothing in return. Since the moaning started it's
been
noted that NW Tonight do give us a mention. As does the occasional
national forecast these days.

We get some cracking gales too, which never seem to get noticed
anywhere else. After a very wild 3/4 weeks it's freshening up again
tonight,
recorded a southerly gust of 48mph in the last hour at the house. Though
we are amongst the hills and it tends to blow a bit more round here.

HTH.

Cheers
--
Alan Comish

Sulby Glen

"Col" wrote in message
...

Quite.The same thing happened last month when severe gales
were forecast for the *whole* of the country.

While the early warning covers all of the UK you need to view the risk of
disruption map along with the text.
Click on "show risk of disruption map"
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html

Jon.