Aye !!

in 1850 we didn't get (mostly young) people checking the GFS model
several times a day and getting all excited about prospects if the
T+one year chart showed a potential cold setup over the Uk, and then
later post up very depressive comments because their favourite weather
model prediction no longer shows the cold snap they were looking
forward to

Now to me, the whole excitement about this weather business is having
an element of doubt about what is coming up in a few weeks time, and i
like the occasional surprise.

Let's say that we did eventually find a way to forecast the weather and
get it 95 percent right for several months or years ahead. Then people
would say, "we'd better start planning for the cold snap in six months
time"

The weather would become just another daily routine with no element of
risk, that you could read like an extended bus or train timetable. And
that would be incredibly dull
Yours, Sinfully (not looking at weather model charts)
Steve