Nationwide network of amateur weather stations takes on Met Office
 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/we...et-Office.html

I was just trying to work out what the trigger for this story in
today's Telegraph might have been? A press release of some sort?

John Dann
www.weatherstations.co.uk

Nationwide network of amateur weather stations takes on Met Office
 

John Dann wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/we...de-network-of-
amateur-weather-stations-takes-on-Met-Office.html

I was just trying to work out what the trigger for this story in
today's Telegraph might have been? A press release of some sort?

John Dann
www.weatherstations.co.uk

"A nationwide network of amateur weather stations is taking on the Met
Office in an attempt to become the country's most accurate forecaster. "

What a pity that newspapers seem to employ people with IQ's that would shame
a mentally-challenged amoeba.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy

Nationwide network of amateur weather stations takes on Met Office
 

Graham P Davis wrote:
John Dann wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/we...de-network-of-
amateur-weather-stations-takes-on-Met-Office.html
I was just trying to work out what the trigger for this story in
today's Telegraph might have been? A press release of some sort?

John Dann
www.weatherstations.co.uk

"A nationwide network of amateur weather stations is taking on the Met
Office in an attempt to become the country's most accurate forecaster. "

What a pity that newspapers seem to employ people with IQ's that would shame
a mentally-challenged amoeba.


The media would be well placed to run the banks !

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

Nationwide network of amateur weather stations takes on MetOffice
 

On 21 Feb, 09:14, Graham P Davis wrote:

"A nationwide network of amateur weather stations is taking on the Met
Office in an attempt to become the country's most accurate forecaster. "

What a pity that newspapers seem to employ people with IQ's that would shame
a mentally-challenged amoeba

Unfortunately, this embarassing story also featured on radio 5 on
Saturday night at about 9-30pm, with an interview with an observer
from an obscure village somewhere claiming to make accurate wind
observations from home, and issuing forecasts as good as the Met
Office!

To be fair however, I think it is the media putting the spin on the
story as usual.

Steve J

Nationwide network of amateur weather stations takes on MetOffice
 

On Feb 21, 9:14*am, Graham P Davis wrote:
John Dann wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/we...de-network-of-

amateur-weather-stations-takes-on-Met-Office.html



I was just trying to work out what the trigger for this story in
today's Telegraph might have been? A press release of some sort?

John Dann
www.weatherstations.co.uk

"A nationwide network of amateur weather stations is taking on the Met
Office in an attempt to become the country's most accurate forecaster. "

What a pity that newspapers seem to employ people with IQ's that would shame
a mentally-challenged amoeba.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. *E-mail: newsman not newsboy

Such people have to work somewhere. To be serious, there is a
widespread confusion between accurate local measurements and accurate
local forecasts and not just in the media. Many (most?) people seem
to think that if you monitor your local weather in the minutest detail
you should be able to come up with an accurate forecast but in fact
the link between the two is rather tenuous ecept where the local
amateur forecaster can modify the general forecast to some benefit.
But none if this makes much difference to the forecasting of synoptic-
scale systems. The Telegraph, rather disappointingly, is guilty of
promoting this general ignorance.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

Nationwide network of amateur weather stations takes on MetOffice
 

wrote:

Such people have to work somewhere. To be serious, there is a
widespread confusion between accurate local measurements and accurate
local forecasts and not just in the media. Many (most?) people seem
to think that if you monitor your local weather in the minutest detail
you should be able to come up with an accurate forecast but in fact
the link between the two is rather tenuous ecept where the local
amateur forecaster can modify the general forecast to some benefit.
But none if this makes much difference to the forecasting of synoptic-
scale systems. The Telegraph, rather disappointingly, is guilty of
promoting this general ignorance.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.


I think you hit the nail on the head Tudor, friends often seem to think
that I must be able to give a more accurate forecast, even though I
mainly just keep records. Admittedly I take in interest in the forecast
and all the methods involved, but I'm certainly not an expert ;-)

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net