On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:03:51 +0100, Ian Currie wrote in

"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
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... and in your soaring, sizzling, sexy 'Sun', the forecast was thus
(for June):-

"This will be a very "cool and wet" month with temperatures struggling
to get higher than the late teens and low 20's"

June almost certainly will not stay as warm and dry as it has been up to
now (in the south), but even if the weather were to turn dramatically
wet and cold NOW, the lack of any mention of the past 16 days of fine,
warm or very warm and exceptionally dry conditions is a major error no
matter how you massage the overall monthly figures.

As I said at the time, no-one ever seems to pick these people up when it
doesn't work out - yet increasingly they are treated as though the
forecasts had some merit. Norman and Philip were quoted in the same
article as trying to offset this rubbish, but of course it all gets lost
under a headline that says ... "Summer will be a bummer" and a picture
of someone walking under an umbrella.

And of course there was absolutely no coverage of my Frosted Earth long-
range forecast issued last November of 30C likely in a warm start to June.

Ian - I'm not sure if you have ever posted details about your forecasting
method. Are they online anywhere?

Stiffish NW wind here now, with a temp about 14C and light showers

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 17/06/2004 11:30:52 UTC