On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:27:55 -0000, "Eskimo Will"
wrote:


"Norman" wrote in message
...


Today has turned out to be a very good example of the great difficulty in
producing reliable forecasts with the level of precision that's needed to
make
them useful. The Peak District forecast for today issued by the Met Office
at
0720 this morning reads

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Cloudy and cold with outbreaks of sleet and snow quickly arriving from the
north this morning, then persisting for much of the day. Sleet and snow
could
start quite heavy then gradually ease off this afternoon. Accumulations of
10-15 cm are possible over the highest ground.
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Norman, that forecast is never amended. Also it is quite difficult to take
it off as it involves the IT guys and *process*, the forecasters have no
control over it.

There is NO technical reason why named forecasters cannot easily*and
safely* be provided with the means at least to remove an erroneous
forecast page - and preferably to also add a rider or amend it.

All Internet Content Management Systems (which the Met Office and
nearly everyone else these days use, or SHOULD be using - I even
created and run one myself!) provide several levels of control. These
range from Admin of the entire site down to individual authors with
the power *only* to amend or "Unpublish" a single page. All the Met
Office web Admin needs to do is set up an access layer for named
individuals, who will have their own password, and just need to learn
how to tick or untick a "PUBLISHED" box. It's as simple as that, and
of course, you know this!

Heads need knocking together down there, but who can do it?

--
Dave
Fareham