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The are at it again in our local paper after alleged inaccurate weather
forecasts from the BBC.


http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/dis..._forecasts.php

The paper should try checking there own weather forecast for accuracy!

Gary
Bournemouth (Town Centre)

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I like the reply that included " The fact that Bournemouth sits in a valley
or dip along the coast will, and does have an effect on the weather over our
area."
Is that true? Why doesn't the sea rush in then ;-(
Dave




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The are at it again in our local paper after alleged inaccurate weather
forecasts from the BBC.


http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/dis..._forecasts.php

The paper should try checking there own weather forecast for accuracy!

Gary
Bournemouth (Town Centre)


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On 18 Aug, 19:03, "Gary L" wrote:
The are at it again in our local paper after alleged inaccurate weather
forecasts from the BBC.

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/dis...criticism_rain...

The paper should try checking there own weather forecast for accuracy!

Gary
Bournemouth (Town Centre)


Actually I have sympathy with the article, after the numerous times
recently when the the MetO site has shown a forecast locally which is
blatantly wrong, & never gets updated. So it continues to forecast fog
or rain, when it's been sunny all day (or vica versa)

On the plus side I have received a response regarding my comments on
Camborne, which can reports weather which has little to do with
reality. The response was long and detailed, accepted some problems
and went on to say improvements were being looked at, which I feel was
a re-assuring response. Although as Camborne (or Cambourne according
to the reply) is manned I'm not sure that automatic sensors can take
all the blame.

It included the following:-

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As is noted on these pages, observations are subject to final quality
control checks after publication on this web site. However, you would
reasonably expect observations of present weather to be consistent
with that experienced at the location in question.

To improve the presentation of this data, we plan to include details
on the web site to show which locations do not report current weather
to explain any discrepancy between what is appearing on the web site
and what is actually happening.

However in a few sites, including the particular case you refer to the
cloud sensors are not recording the cloud amount correctly and this is
leading to incorrect cloud information appearing. We are taking steps
to address this as we upgrade our observing systems.

Please accept my apologies for any information that is appearing on
our web site which you feel is misleading.

***

Graham
Penzance


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