Im curious as to how the met office weather warning system works. Why is
there such a disparity between the alerts shown on
http://uk.weather.com/weather/alerts/
where there are weather warnings for a large number of areas and
http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/uk.html
where there is only one issued. Surely if warnings are needed it would
be nice if people could easily access them.

SarahH - from a wet and gusty Hampshire