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I heard on BBC Breakfast TV this morning that some newspaper(s) were
saying that we were due to get the snowfall that has recently afflicted
the NE of the US. Just exactly where do they get this nonsense?
Surely not any respectable weather forecasting organisation?

Martin (Incredulous once again at the stupidity of the press and/or
quack forecasting organisations).


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JPG wrote:
I heard on BBC Breakfast TV this morning that some newspaper(s) were
saying that we were due to get the snowfall that has recently afflicted
the NE of the US. Just exactly where do they get this nonsense?
Surely not any respectable weather forecasting organisation?

Martin (Incredulous once again at the stupidity of the press and/or
quack forecasting organisations).


This is the "what they get we get 5 days later". I've heard people at
work quote this and saying it must be coming our way!
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:50:59 +0000, jochta
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JPG wrote:
I heard on BBC Breakfast TV this morning that some newspaper(s) were
saying that we were due to get the snowfall that has recently afflicted
the NE of the US. Just exactly where do they get this nonsense?
Surely not any respectable weather forecasting organisation?

Martin (Incredulous once again at the stupidity of the press and/or
quack forecasting organisations).


This is the "what they get we get 5 days later". I've heard people at
work quote this and saying it must be coming our way!


This is because back in the 1960s (at least), there were several
occasions when precisely that situation did occur, I can remember it
clearly. Cold spells that is, not necessarily snowfalls. I did start
to think (way back then) that this may be a permanent indicator of
severely cold weather to come but clearly, it was not.

This may (back then) have been something to do with the long wave
patterns or whatever... but I haven't seen it occur in recent years,
except perhaps on an isolated occasion.

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Its more of a pressure-system situation. There is a good chance we could
get the pressure system that gave the snowfall in New York, because of a
system of pressure movements in the Northern Hemisphere. However, by the
time it has arrived here, it will have either weakened, or be present under
different conditions. I.E. the Low pressure will not be dragging cold air
down from Continental Canada, and across the great lakes (Lake Snow-Effect),
in our case, it is likely to stall just over Ireland so dragging quite warm
air from the Azores for a time, replaced by cold and damp conditions as the
low pushes North. The latest GFS shows no snow up to 14 days ahead, but its
validity is questionable after 6-7 days.

Mike

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JPG wrote:
I heard on BBC Breakfast TV this morning that some newspaper(s) were
saying that we were due to get the snowfall that has recently
afflicted the NE of the US. Just exactly where do they get this
nonsense? Surely not any respectable weather forecasting organisation?

Martin (Incredulous once again at the stupidity of the press and/or
quack forecasting organisations).


http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...,00.html?f=rss
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/56184.html

I couldn't find the front page blast from the Daily Express, they don't
appear to have a News Archive, possibly to stop themselves looking a bit
daft...

It just looks like bad journalism to me!
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They are *knuckleheads* . No excuses. Don't buy newspapers, don't watch this
rubbish.

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I heard on BBC Breakfast TV this morning that some newspaper(s) were
saying that we were due to get the snowfall that has recently afflicted
the NE of the US. Just exactly where do they get this nonsense?
Surely not any respectable weather forecasting organisation?

Martin (Incredulous once again at the stupidity of the press and/or
quack forecasting organisations).





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