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Rod McElwee said on the 1255 pm R4 forecast that he expected
37°C somewhere in the Midlands or Welsh borders tomorrow (Wednesday), much as he did yesterday. I can't help feeling this hot spell has been somewhat overdone by the forecasters and have thought so for several days. Today's temperatures, according to the latest METARs, are more or less the same as yesterday's and nowhere near 37°. I can't see where the sudden upward leap for tomorrow is going to come from. Thickness values are forecast to decrease slightly and the continent is not exceptionally hot. Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey. |
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On 18 Jul 2006 05:59:24 -0700, "Tudor Hughes"
wrote: Rod McElwee said on the 1255 pm R4 forecast that he expected 37°C somewhere in the Midlands or Welsh borders tomorrow (Wednesday), much as he did yesterday. I think he also gave a list at the end of the BBC1 news of the possible places that might top the list and I am certain stately Cheltenham was the favourite. A more modest 30 odd here as I continue my loft clearing activities ( in a far higher temperature..just taking up my thermometer to measure it actually!) R |
A degree of hype
"Tudor Hughes" schreef in bericht oups.com... Rod McElwee said on the 1255 pm R4 forecast that he expected 37°C somewhere in the Midlands or Welsh borders tomorrow (Wednesday), much as he did yesterday. I can't help feeling this hot spell has been somewhat overdone by the forecasters and have thought so for several days. Today's temperatures, according to the latest METARs, are more or less the same as yesterday's and nowhere near 37°. I can't see where the sudden upward leap for tomorrow is going to come from. Thickness values are forecast to decrease slightly and the continent is not exceptionally hot. Here also bit of temperature hype, Tudor. BBC gives 38c for de Bilt tomorrow. Don't think so... a good 34ish i suppose. We'll see... http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=4219 Wijke Centre of the Netherlands Tc 33.1° |
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Same here Tudor in Basildon, its now 15.00 and its just reached 29.3 Deg C
in the shade with a light easterly breeze. We saw all this hype during the winter forecasts and I am sure its all this health & safety legislation that drags this country down. Cant even buy a good flykiller anymore and even the weedkillers dont seem to be as effective in the garden. It never mattered in 76, so why now??? Regards. Len. "Tudor Hughes" wrote in message oups.com... Rod McElwee said on the 1255 pm R4 forecast that he expected 37°C somewhere in the Midlands or Welsh borders tomorrow (Wednesday), much as he did yesterday. I can't help feeling this hot spell has been somewhat overdone by the forecasters and have thought so for several days. Today's temperatures, according to the latest METARs, are more or less the same as yesterday's and nowhere near 37°. I can't see where the sudden upward leap for tomorrow is going to come from. Thickness values are forecast to decrease slightly and the continent is not exceptionally hot. Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey. |
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GKN wrote: Same here Tudor in Basildon, its now 15.00 and its just reached 29.3 Deg C in the shade with a light easterly breeze. We saw all this hype during the winter forecasts and I am sure its all this health & safety legislation that drags this country down. Cant even buy a good flykiller anymore and even the weedkillers dont seem to be as effective in the garden. It never mattered in 76, so why now??? What on Earth does "health & safety legislation" have to do with the accuracy or otherwise of weather forecasts? I've seen health & safety blamed for a lot of things, but that takes the biscuit! |
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Over hyping the forecast, so they cannnot be blamed if people start passing
out with the heat. Think about it!!!! They do the same with forecasts of snow. The motto is over do it, and they cant say they were not warned!!! wrote in message oups.com... GKN wrote: Same here Tudor in Basildon, its now 15.00 and its just reached 29.3 Deg C in the shade with a light easterly breeze. We saw all this hype during the winter forecasts and I am sure its all this health & safety legislation that drags this country down. Cant even buy a good flykiller anymore and even the weedkillers dont seem to be as effective in the garden. It never mattered in 76, so why now??? What on Earth does "health & safety legislation" have to do with the accuracy or otherwise of weather forecasts? I've seen health & safety blamed for a lot of things, but that takes the biscuit! |
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Not so sure about the overhype.
Max here in Wincanton Somerset today has reached 34.3C at about 1530.(very uncomfortable) Alan www.wincantonweather.org.uk GKN wrote: Over hyping the forecast, so they cannnot be blamed if people start passing out with the heat. Think about it!!!! They do the same with forecasts of snow. The motto is over do it, and they cant say they were not warned!!! wrote in message oups.com... GKN wrote: Same here Tudor in Basildon, its now 15.00 and its just reached 29.3 Deg C in the shade with a light easterly breeze. We saw all this hype during the winter forecasts and I am sure its all this health & safety legislation that drags this country down. Cant even buy a good flykiller anymore and even the weedkillers dont seem to be as effective in the garden. It never mattered in 76, so why now??? What on Earth does "health & safety legislation" have to do with the accuracy or otherwise of weather forecasts? I've seen health & safety blamed for a lot of things, but that takes the biscuit! |
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alanwhitewick wrote:
Not so sure about the overhype. Max here in Wincanton Somerset today has reached 34.3C at about 1530.(very uncomfortable) Alan www.wincantonweather.org.uk 33.4C in Fleet, Hampshire. Very oppressive, thoroughly looking forward to a cool, wet autumn. -- Brian Wakem Email: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/b.wakem/myemail.png |
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Brian Wakem wrote: 33.4C in Fleet, Hampshire. Very oppressive, thoroughly looking forward to a cool, wet autumn. And 33.6 in Aldershot. The highest "official" max I've seen is Wouldn't say it's oppressive though - very low humidity and a pleasant breeze - but a warm breeze, so none of the usual unpleasant chilliness you feel in a British summer breeze. Most pleasant summer conditions I can imagine. As for the H&S excuse, it sounds like nonsense to me -- the weather does what it does with no help from the forecasters, so nobody is going to blame the Met Office if they get too hot! Tomorrow, the Met Office goes for a max of 35C, which looks likely to me with a southerly wind and 850mb temps a degree up on today. If you look at their forecast maps, the earlier 37s and 38s have been removed. |
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Brian Wakem wrote: 33.4C in Fleet, Hampshire. Very oppressive, thoroughly looking forward to a cool, wet autumn. And 33.6 in Aldershot. Wouldn't say it's oppressive though - very low humidity and a pleasant breeze - but a warm breeze, so none of the usual unpleasant chilliness you feel in a British summer breeze. Most pleasant summer conditions I can imagine. Highest "official" max I've seen is 32.7 at Wisley. As for the H&S excuse, it sounds like nonsense to me -- the weather does what it does with no help from the forecasters, so nobody is going to blame the Met Office if they get too hot! Tomorrow, the Met Office goes for a max of 35C, which looks likely to me with a southerly wind and 850mb temps a degree up on today. If you look at their forecast maps, the earlier 37s and 38s have been removed. (Apologies if post is duplicated) |
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GKN wrote:
Over hyping the forecast, so they cannnot be blamed if people start passing out with the heat. Think about it!!!! They do the same with forecasts of snow. The motto is over do it, and they cant say they were not warned!!! Part of their pay depends on getting forecasts right but they deliberately get them wrong for Health & Safety reasons? Yes, that seems likely. -- Graham Davis Bracknell |
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Brian Wakem wrote:
Pleasant breeze outside maybe. I'm stuck indoors where it is 34.1C and the fan is blowing hot air at me. It's a relatively chilly 25 in my lounge at the moment. Unfortunately, my computer is upstairs where it's 30. -- Graham Davis Bracknell |
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If yer quick look at:
http://meteocentre.com/lightning/map...time=0&lang=en If yer not quick, try click 1,2 or 3 hours ago and click Go The storms down over spain (mostly orange, red and purples) indicating high amounts of lightning strikes - forms a pointer arrow shape (north in the Bay of Biscay) I think they know which way to come... this way my babies.... this way !!!!!! |
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Actually, i took a snapshot - look for the north-ward pointing arrow
shape within the crosses http://tinyurl.com/ej3o9 |
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Graham P Davis wrote: GKN wrote: Over hyping the forecast, so they cannnot be blamed if people start passing out with the heat. Think about it!!!! They do the same with forecasts of snow. The motto is over do it, and they cant say they were not warned!!! Part of their pay depends on getting forecasts right but they deliberately get them wrong for Health & Safety reasons? Yes, that seems likely. -- Graham Davis Bracknell That's quite an accusation if it refers to the actual temperature values being deliberately inflated as opposed to merely exaggerating the *effects* of high temperatures. I'd like to think the Met Office or the BBC haven't descended to those depths, but maybe they have. Max temp here 32.4°C, 0.9°C higher than yesterday. Last night's min was 10.4° and the diurnal range is within 0.1° of my record (starting 1983). Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft. |
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In message , Robin Nicholson
writes Rod McElwee said on the 1255 pm R4 forecast that he expected 37°C somewhere in the Midlands or Welsh borders tomorrow (Wednesday), much as he did yesterday. I think he also gave a list at the end of the BBC1 news of the possible places that might top the list and I am certain stately Cheltenham was the favourite. With the slight problem that Cheltenham doesn't have an official weather station any longer. Bear that in mind if they start quoting temperatures at you tomorrow - they can't be from the same location that recorded 99F in 1990. -- Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me) |
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