On Monday, September 24, 2012 7:09:33 PM UTC+1, haaark wrote:
I get cross enough when some weatherbimbette reading off an autocue

says that a deep depression in July is "unusual for the time of year",

but when Peter Gibbs, who really ought to know better, says the same

thing on the 6.30 pm forecast today my blood starts to boil.

If a really deep low is unusual in late September when is it going to

be usual?. Will he be repeating the same mantra in December?.

The only reason I can think of is that the public is being softened up

to believe that AGW is the reason for any weather event, unusual or

not.

Any thoughts?.

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Certain quarters of the media might like to try to make facile links between extreme/unusual/rare events and climate change (although not noted even there on this occasion) but, with respect, it's a bit insulting to suggest that meteorologists in general and Peter Gibbs in particular are getting up to some underhanded strategy in that regard.

I don't think Peter Gibbs is far wrong either.

Stephen.