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Old November 26th 07, 10:32 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Colin Youngs Colin Youngs is offline
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Default Corbyn's storms?

On 26 nov, 14:26, Mike Tullett
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And a Dutch TV station interviews an irate Corbyn, suggesting he was wrong.
It is a few minutes into the programme. He accuses the Dutch Met Service
(KNMI) of putting out false information. There follows a piece by two
weather presenters. I think they are asked about his "forecast" as the
word "superstorm" appears several times


http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=59668...f62cbad4f05226...


Programme is "Kassa" - a fairly light-hearted consumer show.

The presenter

- compares 5 weather forecasts for a particular day from TV channels
and websites with the actual weather and says which is most accurate;
- visits "Meteoconsult" and decribes briefly how observations are
processed through models whose output is interpreted into a forecast;
- compares several forecasts for 2/3 days ahead and compares them with
the actual weather;
- interviews Piers Corbyn with subtitles;
- interviews 2 presenters whose forecasts turned out best in the
comparisons made earlier; asks them how they produce their forecasts;
asks them what they think of Piers Corbyn's long-term predictions.
They are just as sceptical as posters on here are ...

Colin Youngs
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