Dear All,

I saw a brief snippet regarding the 1987 storm on BBC SE - all a bit
weather "lite" - but with Michael Fish blaming the lack of observations on
a French "strike".

I thought on the occasion what had happened was that 2 aircraft obs had
missed the data assimilation cut-off time. Glenn Shutts if you're reading
this, let me know !

Also, Bill Giles admitted that despite the fact that Michael Fish got all
the flak from the event, it was he who gave the final forecast some 6 hours
before havoc was wreaked. He seemed relatively unflustered when he said
he'd been deflecting the blame on to Fish for the past 20 years. Seems in
keeping with his alleged bullying from his time at London Weather
Centre...!

Richard