I've just listened to Rob McElwee's R4 0030 forecast wanting to know
roughly how wet it will be on Tuesday, and when it'll arrive, and I'm none the
wiser.
McElwee's style and delivery must be one of the most irritating features
on radio, all jokey little asides, clever-clever little remarks all delivered
in that nasal mincing cod-intimate way he has. He seems to think he's doing a
late-nite cabaret spot for an invited audience of weathermen. Someone ought to
tell him that the purpose of a weather forecast is to disseminate
easily-assimilated information about the weather. The great Fish was good at
it, delivering it straight and suppressing his considerable ego in a totally
professional manner.
I've now (an hour later) seen a few charts and can now say about
McElwee's broadcast "oh, that's what he meant". Few others will have bothered,
though.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

"TudorHgh" wrote in message
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I've just listened to Rob McElwee's R4 0030 forecast wanting to know
roughly how wet it will be on Tuesday, and when it'll arrive, and I'm none the
wiser.
McElwee's style and delivery must be one of the most irritating features
on radio, all jokey little asides, clever-clever little remarks all delivered
in that nasal mincing cod-intimate way he has. He seems to think he's doing a
late-nite cabaret spot for an invited audience of weathermen. Someone ought
to
tell him that the purpose of a weather forecast is to disseminate
easily-assimilated information about the weather. The great Fish was good at
it, delivering it straight and suppressing his considerable ego in a totally
professional manner.
I've now (an hour later) seen a few charts and can now say about
McElwee's broadcast "oh, that's what he meant". Few others will have
bothered,
though.


You don't like him?
He is by far my favourite presenter, I enjoy his quirky style and never have
any trouble working out what he means.

Dan Corbett on the other hand, I can't *stand*.
All that arm waving, like some slick gameshow host.
What was he on about? I don't know!
But some people apparently love him........

I guess it's all down to personal taste in the end

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

McElwee's style and delivery must be one of the most irritating features
on radio, all jokey little asides, clever-clever little remarks all delivered
in that nasal mincing cod-intimate way he has.

He's my favourite presenter!

On the other hand... "Guuuuuid morrrrning..." as per Ms Kirkwood, I find highly
irritating. Isn't subjective life grand ;-)



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Blimey Tudor "in that nasal mincing cod-intimate way" Is that meant to be a
link to Michael Fish? As for "mincing" What pubs have you been playing?




"TudorHgh" wrote in message
...
I've just listened to Rob McElwee's R4 0030 forecast wanting to know
roughly how wet it will be on Tuesday, and when it'll arrive, and I'm none
the
wiser.
McElwee's style and delivery must be one of the most irritating
features
on radio, all jokey little asides, clever-clever little remarks all
delivered
in that nasal mincing cod-intimate way he has. He seems to think he's
doing a
late-nite cabaret spot for an invited audience of weathermen. Someone
ought to
tell him that the purpose of a weather forecast is to disseminate
easily-assimilated information about the weather. The great Fish was good
at
it, delivering it straight and suppressing his considerable ego in a
totally
professional manner.
I've now (an hour later) seen a few charts and can now say about
McElwee's broadcast "oh, that's what he meant". Few others will have
bothered,
though.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

I agree with the Dan Corbett remark. What with him and that Sian Lloyd. If
those two got together we'd have quantum entanglement!








"Col" wrote in message
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"TudorHgh" wrote in message
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I've just listened to Rob McElwee's R4 0030 forecast wanting to
know
roughly how wet it will be on Tuesday, and when it'll arrive, and I'm
none the
wiser.
McElwee's style and delivery must be one of the most irritating
features
on radio, all jokey little asides, clever-clever little remarks all
delivered
in that nasal mincing cod-intimate way he has. He seems to think he's
doing a
late-nite cabaret spot for an invited audience of weathermen. Someone
ought
to
tell him that the purpose of a weather forecast is to disseminate
easily-assimilated information about the weather. The great Fish was
good at
it, delivering it straight and suppressing his considerable ego in a
totally
professional manner.
I've now (an hour later) seen a few charts and can now say about
McElwee's broadcast "oh, that's what he meant". Few others will have
bothered,
though.


You don't like him?
He is by far my favourite presenter, I enjoy his quirky style and never
have
any trouble working out what he means.

Dan Corbett on the other hand, I can't *stand*.
All that arm waving, like some slick gameshow host.
What was he on about? I don't know!
But some people apparently love him........

I guess it's all down to personal taste in the end

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

Rob is one of the best around at the moment. He will actually show
synoptic charts not just cloud symbols or summaries or go on about how
chilly it is. I don't know how this translates on the radio but I
would prefer the kirkwoods and Corbets of this world were banished
there instead of the true Meteorologists.


(TudorHgh) wrote in message ...
I've just listened to Rob McElwee's R4 0030 forecast wanting to know
roughly how wet it will be on Tuesday, and when it'll arrive, and I'm none the
wiser.
McElwee's style and delivery must be one of the most irritating features
on radio, all jokey little asides, clever-clever little remarks all delivered
in that nasal mincing cod-intimate way he has. He seems to think he's doing a
late-nite cabaret spot for an invited audience of weathermen. Someone ought to
tell him that the purpose of a weather forecast is to disseminate
easily-assimilated information about the weather. The great Fish was good at
it, delivering it straight and suppressing his considerable ego in a totally
professional manner.
I've now (an hour later) seen a few charts and can now say about
McElwee's broadcast "oh, that's what he meant". Few others will have bothered,
though.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

Col wrote:
"TudorHgh" wrote in message
...

I've just listened to Rob McElwee's R4 0030 forecast wanting to know
roughly how wet it will be on Tuesday, and when it'll arrive, and I'm none the
wiser.
McElwee's style and delivery must be one of the most irritating features
on radio, all jokey little asides, clever-clever little remarks all delivered
in that nasal mincing cod-intimate way he has. He seems to think he's doing a
late-nite cabaret spot for an invited audience of weathermen. Someone ought

to

tell him that the purpose of a weather forecast is to disseminate
easily-assimilated information about the weather. The great Fish was good at
it, delivering it straight and suppressing his considerable ego in a totally
professional manner.
I've now (an hour later) seen a few charts and can now say about
McElwee's broadcast "oh, that's what he meant". Few others will have

bothered,

though.



You don't like him?
He is by far my favourite presenter, I enjoy his quirky style and never have
any trouble working out what he means.

Dan Corbett on the other hand, I can't *stand*.
All that arm waving, like some slick gameshow host.
What was he on about? I don't know!
But some people apparently love him........

I guess it's all down to personal taste in the end

Col

Yes Rob is one of my favourite weather forecasters, his lively, upbeat
forecasts make weather forecasting seem like easy and fun.

As for Corbett is looks like a 'nice boy' and I'll certainly be keeping
my back against the wall ;-)

Joe
Wolverhampton

Well, that was a waste of time, wasn't it? I was talking about radio,
which no-one seems to have realised.

Tudor Hughes.

Rob McElwee is my favourite presenter be it radio or TV. He's informative
without the dumbing down mode of "Guuuuuuuuid Morrrrning!" ;-)

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"TudorHgh" wrote
snip I've now (an hour later) seen a few charts and can now say
about
McElwee's broadcast "oh, that's what he meant". Few others will have
bothered,
though.

I know what you mean but it hasn't bothered me too much. I like him
because his personality does at least show through and he's not been
straightjacketed into the formal standardised UKMO/BBC style. I can well
imagine the Producers having kittens over his presentations:

"Oh, come *ON* Rob. Let's have less of the verbals! Your "Hand Movement
Quotient" is the lowest of the whole team and I'm getting some stick from
the Director-General about it. You know what the manual says! Sian says
that you're letting the whole BBC side down and we're not a patch on the
standard she's set for her team at ITV, and I have to agree. We're never
going to get the award for "Artistic Impression in Avant-garde
Forecasting" at this rate and with it bang goes my chance of being
selected to present my "Motion in Meteorology" exhibit for the Turner
Prize next year.

"No, don't give me that! You've been to forecasting school and you know
about the importance of the big sweeeeeeeps in getting the message across.
They're not interested in *listening* to you, it's the movement they're
after. Endless explanation is no use in this game, no matter how
informative you think you're being. It just distracts the punters. We've
got rid of Fish - I thought that was the end of the Dinosaurs in the team,
but it looks as if you've taken over. If you don't believe me, remember
what happened to *him*! I told him where he was going wrong but, oh no.
He insisted on going on about hurricanes etc.- chatter, chatter, chatter
.......... If *only* he'd toed the line that night. Big sweeeep of the
hand in from the south-west, mutter "wind" under your breath, and let the
isobars do the rest. That way, they can't have you for getting it wrong.

"What? They need some explanation of the, what do you call them?
Scarcoptic charts? Look, you know better than to talk about *those*
things. We've been quietly phasing those out recently but, in any case,
they've seen plenty of barcodes on their shopping to know that black
parallel lines denote different things, even if you can't see any obvious
differences between them. Well, it's the same sort of thing, isn't it?
Broad spacing for some things, narrower for others. You don't have to
know all about them, just appreciate they're there - it's not rocket
science, you know.

"Oh, what's that? I see you *can* be expressive with the hands. Yes,
that's right, broad movements ............. No, Rob, either show all five
fingers or keep those two fingers curled in when you do it.......
McElwee, I'm warning you! McElwee!!! ......................"


- Tom.