No I am not going to get into the debate about the forecasters per se but
what I do find very irritatiing is this new little catch phrase of "a slow
start" that more than one forecaster has used recently. It has been said in
calm, misty or foggy conditions but equally it has been used on a wet,
cloudy morning. When it is sunny but a calm or just a light wind I have not
heard it used so I presume it is not a slow start in fine weather and has
nothing to do with wind. Is it an expression peculiar to a particular part
of the British Isles. But what a woolly term that could mean anything.
Perhaps as I am involved with the weather so much I am taking things too
seriously.
Ian Currie-Coulsdon
www.frostedearth.com





"TudorHgh" wrote in message
...
udor

I agree totally with what you say, his style has grown so eccentric
now that any information that he is trying to convey gets lost in his
unscripted ramblings.

Bruce.

McElwee is not bad on television, certainly better than some of the
people mentioned, but radio requires a different approach and he simply
hasn't
got it.
I wonder if they receive any specific training for radio as
distinct
from television. I doubt it, if this sort of stuff is the result. Radio4
weather has come a long way, all of it downhill, since the days of people
like
Bob Prichard, David Membery and others.

Tudor Hughes.