oh of course, your forecasts are better than that mainframe in exeter.



Dawlish wrote:


However, the health warning on this forecast just isn't
(metaphorically) large enough and that comes through a systemic
unwillingness to feel that the public have any real role in it's work.
In this case, there's not enough admittance of the difficulties of
seasonal forecasting and if it's wrong, they'll be pilloried. It's the
education part that's missing and the hubris that the PR department
does little to dispel. The MetO would be far better engaging the
public with the difficulties and explaining the limitations before
putting out their seasonal forecasts. It simply isn't possible to
forecast the coming season with accuracy - yet. There's a lot that is
so frustrating about this, as the MetO is failing to sell itself well
enough as one of the finest and foremost forecasting agencies in the
world. It just feels that it is and that's not enough.