"Richard Dixon" wrote in message
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On Monday, 25 February 2013 13:25:06 UTC,
wrote:
Yes what happened to Jon O Rourke?
Jon's still about. I still hear from him regularly. Like a few others I
believe he got a bad case of "newsgroup malaise".
The cold warning will be discussed by the forecasting team, the Chief
meteorologist (not a bench forecaster) and other parties before issue.
All
web products are also scrutinised by the brand manager, so it is a team
effort and not rushed out.
Ahh I got wires crossed here. I was talking about general weather warnings
not the cold weather ones. I have less I can add to this then!
And yes they will of course ensure that they are
likely to be correct but I think Lawrence is asking why they should be
issued at all? And the answer is that they are a good money earner paid
for
by money out of the government's health budget.
Surely even then they're not going to issue forecasts willy-nilly just
because it gets a few extra pounds in? Aside from your perception, do you
have evidence of people *actually* doing this with that reason?
Richard I *never* said they did. You inferred that and your inference is
incorrect. The warnings are issued as part of a *service* for the NHS and
MetO will do its best to provide a good service. But nowadays it is also
business and the commercial folk will not let a good little earner pass by.
So the forecasters are obliged to issue. At the end of the day, issuing cold
weather warnings like they do is not rocket science and it is something
forecasters 30 years ago could have done easily and accurately. Some might
even say it is "money for old rope" :-)
Again, it's a shame that this newsgroup tends to resort to bashing the Met
Office when it's unlikely they'll come on here to defend themselves. It's
like the Daily Mail Online at times in here. MO employees, over to you?
I doubt many would dare come on here and express an opinion for fear of
being reprimanded by the Brand police. They are everywhere and you get
hauled over the coals quite quickly if you step out of line. I was many
times in recent years, but I simply didn't care. Others will care more as
there are mortgages to pay, families to look after etc.
Will
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