"Andrew Bond" wrote in message
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I'm more concerned that the Met Office on Jon's example failed also to
pick
out :-

- Trough lying over Western Scotland
- Secondary shallow shallow low Northwest of Scotland
- Wave developing 300miles West of France

LOL, no comment on the superb effort with the low to the east of Iceland ?!

I'd just like to think that the Met Office will not dismiss this as a "Oh
well...." scenario and that they might look into what extra funding,
resources they require in order to bring themselves to anywhere near the
level of consistency and accuracy offered by NOAA.

Presumably you've got the detailed verification to back up that statement,
Andrew ?

It was only a few years ago the MetO GM was deemed (by the NWS) the best
model throughout the entire hurricane forecast season.

Jon.