Having been known to occasionally criticise the accuracy of forecasts ;-( I
would say that this current situation has been pretty well forecast. I
think several of us were getting very sceptical and this was probably due to
the rainfall being about 18 hours later than expected. Mind you, I suppose a
hell of a difference if you'd cancelled an outdoor event on the strength of
it.
Dave

Well, I have to disagree.

Last night there was a severe weather warning on the weather slot after the ten
o' clock news, showing widespread disruption due to flooding today in this area.

The Met Office site now has warnings for South-West Scotland, South-East
Scotland, and various other areas including 'Eastern Counties', whatever that
means. Today's forecast on the same site for North-East Scotland is mainly dry
and bright, with increasing risk of rain later tonight, so I have to assume that
'Eastern Counties' is misleading and doesn't in fact include all eastern
counties in Britain.

Onlineweather is predicting moderate rain showers for Elgin, with 80% risk of
precipitation for today, and light rain tonight.

Weatheronline says Elgin will be cloudy this morning, sunny periods this
afternoon.

On Ananova the nearest place is Forres, where there is apparently to be a sunny
morning, light rain in the afternoon and heavy rain later.

The current reality is that we have still had no rain, and it is hot, sunny and
almost cloudless again, albeit with the same brisk south-easterly wind.

I'm off to find my garden chair, a sun hat and a good book ....

Anne