On Nov 5, 2:15 pm, "David Haggas" wrote:
I see no reference to individual forcasters email address via the BBC web
site just a Q&A to field most questions. I would like to ask John Hammond
(in my view one of the better presenters) just why on BBC1's 1325 forecast
he waffled on and tried to fill time, then right at the very end showed a
synoptic chart for a just 2 seconds. Anyone know his email address?

His time was cut short as the programme was over-running - so, not his
fault.

Alan White wrote:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:19:29 +0000, Graham P Davis
wrote:

The use of "scattered showers" was banned from weather forecasts over
forty years ago because it is a meaningless phrase

It still means a lot more to me than '30% chance of rain'.


Maybe, but it still means nothing and should never have been allowed to
return to weather forecasts. There are plenty of more meaningful phrases to
use such as "a few showers", "frequent showers", "isolated showers", etc.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman, not newsboy.
"What use is happiness? It can't buy you money." [Chic Murray, 1919-85]

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:40:02 +0000, Graham P Davis
wrote:

Maybe, but it still means nothing and should never have been allowed to
return to weather forecasts. There are plenty of more meaningful phrases to
use such as "a few showers", "frequent showers", "isolated showers", etc.

It may mean nothing to you and maybe to lots of other people but the
fact remains that it means something to me.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

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On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:40:02 +0000, Graham P Davis
wrote:

Maybe, but it still means nothing and should never have been allowed to
return to weather forecasts. There are plenty of more meaningful phrases to
use such as "a few showers", "frequent showers", "isolated showers", etc.

It may mean nothing to you and maybe to lots of other people but the
fact remains that it means something to me.


Well that's alright then.

But probabilities will come in, have no doubt about that.

Will
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Alan White wrote:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:19:29 +0000, Graham P Davis
wrote:

The use of "scattered showers" was banned from weather forecasts over
forty years ago because it is a meaningless phrase

It still means a lot more to me than '30% chance of rain'.


Maybe, but it still means nothing and should never have been allowed to
return to weather forecasts. There are plenty of more meaningful phrases
to
use such as "a few showers", "frequent showers", "isolated showers", etc.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman, not newsboy.
"What use is happiness? It can't buy you money." [Chic Murray, 1919-85]

Other favourites seem to be sharp showers and weather fronts

On Nov 7, 8:25 pm, "David Haggas" wrote:
"Graham P Davis" wrote in ...





Alan White wrote:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:19:29 +0000, Graham P Davis
wrote:

The use of "scattered showers" was banned from weather forecasts over
forty years ago because it is a meaningless phrase

It still means a lot more to me than '30% chance of rain'.

Maybe, but it still means nothing and should never have been allowed to
return to weather forecasts. There are plenty of more meaningful phrases
to
use such as "a few showers", "frequent showers", "isolated showers", etc.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman, not newsboy.
"What use is happiness? It can't buy you money." [Chic Murray, 1919-85]

Other favourites seem to be sharp showers and weather fronts- Hide quoted text -

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Sharp showers is not the worst description I've heard from the
BBC but its repetitive usage tends to grate a bit especially as *all*
showers are now "sharp" or "ber-lustery". "Weather fronts" on the
other hand is pure baby-talk and assumes that terms like "warm" and
"cold" and - wait for it - "occluded" are a bit too austere and grown-
up for us all.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

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On Nov 5, 2:15 pm, "David Haggas" wrote:
I see no reference to individual forcasters email address via the BBC web
site just a Q&A to field most questions. I would like to ask John Hammond
(in my view one of the better presenters) just why on BBC1's 1325
forecast
he waffled on and tried to fill time, then right at the very end showed a
synoptic chart for a just 2 seconds. Anyone know his email address?

His time was cut short as the programme was over-running - so, not his
fault.

This happens too often. The hapless forecaster is left hung out to dry in
favour of a BBC trailer. Dare I say that charts are appearing more often
these days? I wonder if it due to presenters grumbling to Andrew Lane that
they need them. It seems they are now allowed to use them other than on
Sundays provided it's a quick flash only.