What is causing the Jet Stream to take such a Southerly track at the
moment, and are there any signs of it moving further North?

http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cg...f3f5470 60fe8

On 3 Jul, 12:59, Bonos Ego wrote:
What is causing the Jet Stream to take such a Southerly track at the
moment, and are there any signs of it moving further North?

http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cg...profi/en/2007/...

Looks stuck at around 50N for the foreseeable future. If it hasn't
shifted by 15th July the good saint Swithin will be rubbing his hands!

Jet Stream taking a U-bend Southerly track around the UK.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn0015.png

"Bonos Ego" wrote in message
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What is causing the Jet Stream to take such a Southerly track at the
moment, and are there any signs of it moving further North?

http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cg...f3f5470 60fe8

The southerly Jet Stream has just got a mention on
BBC 1 News weather forecast. In the US it's
mentioned all the time and seemed to be an accurate
predictor of the general weather. If it came South,
Washington DC used to get Canadian weather, cool
and dry. When it moved North we used to get Mexican
weather, hot and humid. I often wonder why it's not
used here more often. It seems to have predicted the
current spell of cool weather pretty accurately.

Alan.

"Alan Murphy" wrote in message
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"Bonos Ego" wrote in message
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What is causing the Jet Stream to take such a Southerly track at the
moment, and are there any signs of it moving further North?

http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cg...f3f5470 60fe8

The southerly Jet Stream has just got a mention on
BBC 1 News weather forecast. In the US it's
mentioned all the time and seemed to be an accurate
predictor of the general weather. If it came South,
Washington DC used to get Canadian weather, cool
and dry. When it moved North we used to get Mexican
weather, hot and humid. I often wonder why it's not
used here more often. It seems to have predicted the
current spell of cool weather pretty accurately.

Alan.


I've noticed that whenever I've been to the States, their weather forecasts
often seem to be a lot more informative than the usual stuff that we're fed
with over here, such as it's going to be windy, wet and warm. Presumably the
powers that be must think that the great British public aren't intelligent
enough to be able to take in any more than basic wind speed, rainfall and
temperature figures.

In article ,
Fred writes:
I've noticed that whenever I've been to the States, their weather forecasts
often seem to be a lot more informative than the usual stuff that we're fed
with over here, such as it's going to be windy, wet and warm. Presumably the
powers that be must think that the great British public aren't intelligent
enough to be able to take in any more than basic wind speed, rainfall and
temperature figures.

Which is strange, when America is supposed to be the home of dumbing
down. If the US TV networks believe that their viewers can cope, why
does the BBC think differently?
--
John Hall

"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
Fred writes:
I've noticed that whenever I've been to the States, their weather
forecasts
often seem to be a lot more informative than the usual stuff that we're
fed
with over here, such as it's going to be windy, wet and warm. Presumably
the
powers that be must think that the great British public aren't intelligent
enough to be able to take in any more than basic wind speed, rainfall and
temperature figures.

Which is strange, when America is supposed to be the home of dumbing
down. If the US TV networks believe that their viewers can cope, why
does the BBC think differently?
--

There isn't the time to go into much detail in the two minutes or so that
the weather forecast is slotted into.

In uk.sci.weather on Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Adam Lea
wrote :


Which is strange, when America is supposed to be the home of dumbing
down. If the US TV networks believe that their viewers can cope, why
does the BBC think differently?

There isn't the time to go into much detail in the two minutes or so that
the weather forecast is slotted into.

It only takes a few seconds to show an Atlantic pressure chart...

--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.weather on Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Adam Lea
wrote :


Which is strange, when America is supposed to be the home of dumbing
down. If the US TV networks believe that their viewers can cope, why
does the BBC think differently?

There isn't the time to go into much detail in the two minutes or so that
the weather forecast is slotted into.

It only takes a few seconds to show an Atlantic pressure chart...

--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

If you have digital satellite, have a look at some of the BBC regional
forecasts at around 1845-1855. Some of these presenters are seemingly
allowed to be less patronising than the national ones and often show
synoptic runs and offer more explanation. Sky news is good but only when
Francis Wilson or Isobel Lang are on duty do we get anything authoritative.

"Adam Lea" wrote in
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There isn't the time to go into much detail in the two minutes or so
that the weather forecast is slotted into.

There's time for more than we get. In any case, even if this is so - why
cannot one of the channels (preferably a terrestrial one, but BBC4 or News
24 would be better than nothing) show a five-minute detailed weather - a
bit like the way Weatherview used to be - every night? I simply fail to
believe that too few people would be interested to justify a slot
*anywhere*!

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Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.