On Dec 22, 10:09*am, John Hall wrote:

I wonder if this derived from an analysis of how well the various global
models performed putting the Met Office's model in second place behind
the ECMWF, and then the Met Office's press office misunderstanding
and/or getting a bit carried away?

I would have thought that the EC is the "best" if you're looking at
pure model performance - and they also don't seemingly employ any
disconnected PR team to cock things up for them...

Richard