Keith

I gave up on the media years ago. I never buy a newspaper, never watch the
news on any channel but just occasionally listen to the headlines on the
hour using the radio and catch the 00:30 report/forecast on R4.

They talk utter claptrap about the weather, the economy and just about
anything else!

My weather forecasts are obtained from the knowledgeable ones in here + my
own interpretation of the near and long term charts from 'Wetterzentrale' +
my own interpretation of the developments based on what is actually
happening at the time.

Yes, the NHC did forecast an active season this year long before it started.

If a new El Nino is beginning now, then presumably it will be a much quieter
hurricane season next year, lets just see.

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Pete

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"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
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Can't beleive what I just saw/heard on the BBC news. Basically
suggesting that the increased hurricane activity this year is due to
warmer seas, hinting that global warming is behind this, showing a
graph of the steady increase in sea temperatures. Also saying more
hurricane are making landfall than ever before, maybe more notiveable
because people have moved into hurricane locations. No mention of
other factors like El Nino, shear (sorry Joe Public use them in the
garden!) etc. I seem to remember the NHC (National Hurricane Centre)
forecasted a more active season for this year last spring. Why does
the media solve the case with just one shread of evidence in a far
more complex subject. Bah. Perhaps the Met Office should refuse to
speak to the media g

Keith (Southend)

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