On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:24:08 +0000, Phil Layton
wrote:

There's an article on the Met O website comparing this December to last.
Towards the end it says:
"However, the challenge of forecasting our variable weather is something
the Met Office rises to every day and explains why we are regularly
ranked in the top two national weather services in the world"

Who is the other one?

That would be EC then!

Having worked with (not at or for) the top two Met Offices (by the
assertion) for more than 12 years on the use of forecasts for
applications and impacts they are quite different places.

Andy