Will Hand wrote:

"ronaldbutton" wrote in message
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It has come to my attention lately ,that several members of this happy
breed seem to take grave exception to those of us who attempt making
long range forecasts,
well ,I for one, actually enjoy reading most of 'em,even the south
London Piers attempts !,.
If there are enough mugs around to pay good money for their ravings
well so be it,but why do people get so upset because they try ?.Most
of us have a vicarious streak in us ,which needs feeding every so
often,so keep up the good work lads( I say lads because women don't
seem prone to this phenomena)
Unashamably I now look forward to Wills ,Philip Eden,the Met
Office,Old Moores Almanac,and any other brave soul willing to put
their necks on the line so that I may daydream about the next blizzard
,heatwave ,or whatever turns you on.
Thankyou and goodnight

RonB

Cheers Ron, I enjoy producing them and I take pleasure when they
occasionally come off! This winter's has already gone wrong (though not
the informal amendment), but it went wrong in the right way (for me).

I still reckon it will be a historic winter!

Will
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Well it has been an historic December anyway and you and the Met Office
did well in predicting it. Ron knows what I think of LRF's but it
doesn't mean people shouldn't make them or others read them. I also
don't understand this bravery thing. Meteorology is supposed to be a
science as far as I know so a forecast of any kind should be based on
the best available scientific data and if it turns out wrong then that's
not a problem. What is a problem and I don't enjoy are people claiming
they were right when they patently weren't - this is fraud, especially
when people have paid. Then there are others that are so vague that I
could have done it by sticking a pin in it and saying it was a good
forecast.I have yet to see anyone get them consistently right and until
they do, to me they are a waste of time.
Dave