"Martin Rowley" wrote:

"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
.. .
Packing for a short trip to Budapest, I was surprised at the wide
variations I got from the two weather sites I use most, BBC and
Accuweather, displayed at about 07:00 today:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.sh...rld=0059&links
http://www.accuweather.com/world-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&traveler=0&locCod e=EUR|HU|HU006|BUDAPEST&metric=1
There are enormous differences in the daily max temperatures (C):

Sat Sun Mon Tue
BBC: 10 9 10 13
Accu: 7 6 5 5

Which (if either) of these is likely to be reasonably accurate
please?
Is this sort of variation common? If so it damages my confidence in
future checks.

... don't use 'second-hand' sites for this purpose.

If possible, go to the host web site of the National Meteorological
Service of the country you are visiting. Even if there is no English
version, it's usually possible to work out what the forecast is.

You can find the countries from this link (sponsored by WMO)

http://www.worldweather.org/

and for Hungary specifically, you can go direct to the web site of the
Hungarian Met.Service at:-

http://www.met.hu/omsz.php

Martin.

Thanks Martin, appreciate the advice. That Hungarian site's forecast
gives a third set of temps, although they are much closer to BBC's
than to Accuweather's. I wonder how the latter can get it so wrong?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK