In message , David Haggas
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"Alastair" wrote in message
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Tomasz Schafernaker talking to Stephen Fry about the Jet Stream, etc. :-)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02zyl5g

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Excellent program and Schafernaker comes across well.

Agreed. Whatever even one may think of him as a presenter of forecasts,
here I thought he was good.

Interesting that
forecasts are changing to suit the information-hungry generation with
mention of jetstreams and the bigger picture. Bill Giles always insisted
that in his time mention of the Jetstream would lose half his viewers
overnight, which I always thought was rather arrogant...basically saying
these things were for the trade only and no education of the audience was
necessary.

Which was strange, given that the jet stream features prominently in US
forecasts. One wouldn't expect British forecasts to dumb down more than
American ones, but it seems that they do.

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