I struggle with the fact that we as taxpayers pour millions into the met
Office for poor weather reports and still have to pay for the results


"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message
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"John Hall" wrote in message
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Entering something on a website requires less effort than phoning in a
report. From one point of view that's good, but it will also tend to
make hoax reports more likely. I would hope that some sort of quality
control is carried out on the reports received, but it must sometimes be
very difficult to tell whether a report is genuine, given how localised
heavy snow can sometimes be.

Yes, they're scrutinised by the nowcasting and chief forecaster. They'll
attempt to weedle out anything dodgy and prevent it being presented
elsewhere. But it's not 100% foolproof as you suggest, John.

Jon.