When the forecast goes wrong as badly as it has today, Monday 26th
October, I realise just how good they are normally. Today having been
promised sun, I looked forward to some enjoyable gardening. Sure it
didn’t rain, but it was unremittingly cloudy and judging by the light
levels, that cloud wasn’t thin. It was a rare bad forecast, so
unusual in fact that I am moved to comment on it.

The change to GMT must be to blame:-)

Jack in south Cambridgeshire

On Oct 26, 3:58*pm, "Jack )"
wrote:
When the forecast goes wrong as badly as it has today, Monday 26th
October, I realise just how good they are normally. *Today having been
promised sun, I looked forward to some enjoyable gardening. *Sure it
didn’t rain, but it was unremittingly cloudy and judging by the light
levels, that cloud wasn’t thin. *It was a *rare bad forecast, so
unusual in fact that I am moved to comment on it.

The change to GMT must be to blame:-)

Jack in south Cambridgeshire

Well it's certainly to blame for the current gloominess :-)

Not actually bad in Southampton for most of the day, sunny until about
3pm, and warm enough to have lunch outside - at lunchtime one could
almost forget we were on Winter Time.

Nick

In article
,
"Jack )" writes:
When the forecast goes wrong as badly as it has today, Monday 26th
October, I realise just how good they are normally. Today having been
promised sun, I looked forward to some enjoyable gardening. Sure it
didn’t rain, but it was unremittingly cloudy and judging by the light
levels, that cloud wasn’t thin. It was a rare bad forecast, so
unusual in fact that I am moved to comment on it.

The change to GMT must be to blame:-)

Jack in south Cambridgeshire

Bad luck. It was a beautiful day in my part of Surrey.
--
John Hall "Do you have cornflakes in America?"
"Well, actually, they're American."
"So what brings you to Britain then if you have cornflakes already?"
Bill Bryson: "Notes from a Small Island"

On Oct 26, 6:04*pm, John Hall wrote:
In article
,
*"Jack )" writes:

When the forecast goes wrong as badly as it has today, Monday 26th
October, I realise just how good they are normally. *Today having been
promised sun, I looked forward to some enjoyable gardening. *Sure it
didn’t rain, but it was unremittingly cloudy and judging by the light
levels, that cloud wasn’t thin. *It was a *rare bad forecast, so
unusual in fact that I am moved to comment on it.

The change to GMT must be to blame:-)

Jack in south Cambridgeshire

Bad luck. It was a beautiful day in my part of Surrey.

It made me sick if this is the same date it's probably why. 2 :14 am
Sunday or Monday morning going on 8 am BST. So that would be 7
am~ish..
(I forget. Got it writed down on a piece of paper that a kind man
gaved me, though.)
mag 6.9 2009/10/24 14:40:44 -6.136 130.384 134.2 BANDA SEA

I was expecting worse, not that I have followed any of it lately. Just
an ill at ease feeling.
(AKA the usual crap.)

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Subject: Untypically inaccurate forecast


When the forecast goes wrong as badly as it has today, Monday 26th
October, I realise just how good they are normally. Today having been
promised sun, I looked forward to some enjoyable gardening. Sure it
didn’t rain, but it was unremittingly cloudy and judging by the light
levels, that cloud wasn’t thin. It was a rare bad forecast, so
unusual in fact that I am moved to comment on it.

The change to GMT must be to blame:-)

Jack in south Cambridgeshire


I think you make a very good point here, Jack. For the most part we've
become increasingly accustomed to very accurate forecasts in the 1 to 2 day
range. So much so that it's now quite rare for something to occur that is
totally unexpected, at least from a personal perspective. The last really
notable event that came as a complete surprise to me (observed from a
distance) was the Ottery St. Mary storm last October.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/...sting/oct2008/

It will be interesting to see how the very high resolution models (~1.5km),
now being used routinely, handle similar events in the future.

Jon.