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Old October 12th 09, 07:43 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
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Yes, this practice of using towns irritates me, I'm thoroughly p****d
off with being told, as the camera briefly swings across SW England,
that's it's going to be 16C in Plymouth. The temperature on the
opposing coasts of Devon/Cornwall is often so different they could, at
the very least, give some idea of the variance.


Trouble is, when you are doing a *national* forecast there
probably isn't time to always mention what are in fact quite
local variances in temperatures between the north and
south coasts of Cornwall, significant though they might
well be.
What about the north & south coests of Pembrokeshire
or north Kent Vs south Kent or the north Norfolk coast
and Essex?
There is a limit to the 'resolution' you can practically go
to in such a forecast.
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Col

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