"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
oups.com...
snip
She was a qualified science teacher
back in Oz and had an interest in the weather. I think she had also
taught in this country. She was appalled by the sheer idiocy of the
BBC weather presentation and the graphics in particular. snip
Back in Australia they are taught
weather-chart interpretation as part of year 9, apparently. I don't
know if this happens at all in the UK but a a fat lot of good it
would
do the pupils if it were.

.... all good points (truncated above): the clip of Helen Young saying
(roughly) ... " the British public aren't ready for jet streams " sums
up the attitude both of the 'public' &, more importantly, the providers
of the information.

It is perhaps relevant that if we want to look at model data in any
depth, we have to rely on domains such as .de, .ch & of course the
various US sources - which for a supposedly commercial society allows a
remarkably large amount of data out 'for-free' to us enthusiasts.

I suppose rather than moaning about it, we should debate whether there
is anything to be done, but I'm at a loss to know where to start. When
my son was going through secondary school (in St. Albans, about 12 years
ago now), on one of my visits up there I noticed that they had a
thermometer screen on the front lawn, falling into disrepair. I wrote to
the school and told them that if they wanted to use my knowledge etc.,
I'd be glad to help out in any way I could. I didn't get a reply.

Martin.


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