On Mar 22, 7:09*am, "Col" wrote:
"Phil Layton" wrote in message

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...mer-ahead---un...

Oh dear.
And a pointless swipe at The Met Office as well. The press will
*never* let them forget the barbeque summer thing will they?

And does PWS *really* have a nuch better record than The
Met Office as regards long term forecasts?
I don't recall them contradicting The Met Office on last
summer's forecast.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

When looking at so-called LRF, I find it it always best to do a little
bit of research on their record:

This was PWS UK summer forecast for 2008. Above average temperatures
all 3 months:

http://www.positiveweathersolutions.co.uk/2.html

This was PWS' forecast for August of last year, issued on 23rd July
2009.

"Jonathan Powell from Positive Weather Solutions said: 'The roller-
coaster summer will have another high. When it does arrive, record
temperatures may well be achieved.

'At present, the second week of August looks likely to break the
warmest-day record for England, and possibly Wales.'

Met Office forecaster John Hammond also predicts a warmer August will
follow a wet July."

See a pattern? Just like particular attention-seeking cold forecasters
this winter, PWS have managed to find an outlet for an extreme
forecast - the same kind of forecast that they have issued for the
last 2 years. If their August 2009 forecast, is not for a BBQ month, I
don't know what is, but they've conveniently forgotten and it doesn't
fit the Mail's agenda. No-one would have taken any notice if they had
forecast an average summer, but this makes a newspaper.

Ignore it. They have no track record.