I think it an improvement overall. Scotland seems to have the same weather
warning text for lots of new regions (falkirk, stirling, tayside etc) all
talking about 25-50mm of rain in W and Highlands regions - which is fine
but not really relevant for the regions the text is under. As per usual
talking about maximum winds but not stating that 95% of Scotland will get no
where near this figure.- creating hype than clarity, i feel

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here is the weather warning for Dundee City:

The Met Office is forecasting severe weather over Northern Ireland, western
Scotland and parts of Northwest England today and this evening. By midnight
tonight, another 25mm of rain is likely in most parts, and the mountains
could see in excess of 50mm. With river levels already very high, this is
likely to lead to local flooding and associated disruption. Gales will
accompany the rain with gusts up to 70mph for a time before gradually easing
later in the afternoon. While the worst of this particular event will be
over by tonight, further wind and rain are expected over the next few days.


?

brian
aberfeldy

Well my Father has just read out to me a story from Today's Daily Record
talking about flood chaos for Stirling etc- I wonder where they could have
got that idea??

I expect that the Dundee Courier will be carrying a similar story for
Dundee...




"Brian Blair" wrote in message
...
I think it an improvement overall. Scotland seems to have the same weather
warning text for lots of new regions (falkirk, stirling, tayside etc) all
talking about 25-50mm of rain in W and Highlands regions - which is fine
but not really relevant for the regions the text is under. As per usual
talking about maximum winds but not stating that 95% of Scotland will get
no where near this figure.- creating hype than clarity, i feel

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here is the weather warning for Dundee City:

The Met Office is forecasting severe weather over Northern Ireland,
western Scotland and parts of Northwest England today and this evening. By
midnight tonight, another 25mm of rain is likely in most parts, and the
mountains could see in excess of 50mm. With river levels already very
high, this is likely to lead to local flooding and associated disruption.
Gales will accompany the rain with gusts up to 70mph for a time before
gradually easing later in the afternoon. While the worst of this
particular event will be over by tonight, further wind and rain are
expected over the next few days.


?

brian
aberfeldy

Brian Blair wrote:
Well my Father has just read out to me a story from Today's Daily
Record talking about flood chaos for Stirling etc- I wonder where
they could have got that idea??

I expect that the Dundee Courier will be carrying a similar story for
Dundee...




"Brian Blair" wrote in message
...
I think it an improvement overall. Scotland seems to have the same
weather warning text for lots of new regions (falkirk, stirling,
tayside etc) all talking about 25-50mm of rain in W and Highlands
regions - which is fine but not really relevant for the regions the
text is under. As per usual talking about maximum winds but not
stating that 95% of Scotland will get no where near this figure.-
creating hype than clarity, i
feel ------------------------------------------------------------------------

here is the weather warning for Dundee City:

The Met Office is forecasting severe weather over Northern Ireland,
western Scotland and parts of Northwest England today and this
evening. By midnight tonight, another 25mm of rain is likely in most
parts, and the mountains could see in excess of 50mm. With river
levels already very high, this is likely to lead to local flooding
and associated disruption. Gales will accompany the rain with gusts
up to 70mph for a time before gradually easing later in the
afternoon. While the worst of this particular event will be over by
tonight, further wind and rain are expected over the next few days.


?

brian
aberfeldy

These messages are the national Early Warning messages, which currently go
into the same slot as the regional flash warning messages, admittedly with
nothing to distinguish between them, apart from the presence of a link to a
national "probability of disruption" map. Hopefully they will be more
clearly labelled very soon.

--
Stuart Brooks
Carluke
South Lanarkshire 223m amsl

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Yet the damage is done, Scotland's "best selling" newspaper carried the
report, the reported weather did not occur and the reputation of
forecasting is eroded once again in the eyes of many.








Stuart Brooks wrote:


These messages are the national Early Warning messages, which currently go
into the same slot as the regional flash warning messages, admittedly with
nothing to distinguish between them, apart from the presence of a link to a
national "probability of disruption" map. Hopefully they will be more
clearly labelled very soon.