On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:03:08 PM UTC+1, Richard Dixon wrote:
Just going back to the Met Office July forecast here (which I'm sure will disappear soon for next month's forecast it would be interesting to know where this month's temperature sits on their forecast of a normally-distributed very average month: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pd...s-temp-JAS.pdf I actually emailed the Met Office to include verification of the previous month/3 month temperatures to see how they're doing. Richard

Oh dear! Just adds to my theory that they need replacing. My old boss, who has at last had a decent haircut (almost short back and sides!!!!) is going to have a field day with this. Any idea on who would be suitable for our roving 'cantankerous old git' position?

"For July below-average UK-mean temperatures are more likely than above-average."
"Although spells of hot weather are still possible, these are less likely than would typically be expected at this time of year."
Overall, the probability that the UK-mean temperature for July-August-September will fall into the warmest of our five categories
is 15% and the probability of falling into the coldest of our five categories is 20% (the 1981-2010 probability for each of these
categories is 20%)."