http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15127159

nice one,tells it like it is, not a mention of curry

On 01/10/11 22:50, Charlie Company wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15127159

nice one,tells it like it is, not a mention of curry


I have noticed that Philip Eden has a habit of always trying to downplay
things. To call record temperatures in October merely "unusual" is
stretching the meaning of the word too far IMO.

Adam Lea wrote:
On 01/10/11 22:50, Charlie Company wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15127159

nice one,tells it like it is, not a mention of curry


I have noticed that Philip Eden has a habit of always trying to
downplay things. To call record temperatures in October merely
"unusual" is stretching the meaning of the word too far IMO.

Well it most certainly is 'unusual' but better words would be
'exceptional' or even 'unprecedented'. Such words should be
used sparingly but I think this current hot spell easily warrants it.

Don't get me started on 'freak' weather though, aaarrrghhh!
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

and heres one for the GW fanatics

"But most spells of unusual weather are simply that - unusual. They have
happened before and they will happen again"

its been colder and hotter in the past. smell the beans


On 02/10/2011 10:56 AM, Col wrote:
Adam Lea wrote:
On 01/10/11 22:50, Charlie Company wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15127159

nice one,tells it like it is, not a mention of curry


I have noticed that Philip Eden has a habit of always trying to
downplay things. To call record temperatures in October merely
"unusual" is stretching the meaning of the word too far IMO.

Well it most certainly is 'unusual' but better words would be
'exceptional' or even 'unprecedented'. Such words should be
used sparingly but I think this current hot spell easily warrants it.

Don't get me started on 'freak' weather though, aaarrrghhh!

In article ,
Adam Lea writes:
On 01/10/11 22:50, Charlie Company wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15127159

nice one,tells it like it is, not a mention of curry


I have noticed that Philip Eden has a habit of always trying to
downplay things. To call record temperatures in October merely
"unusual" is stretching the meaning of the word too far IMO.

But at the top of the article it says "1 October 2011 Last updated at
01:45". So Philip clearly wrote his article before the record October
temperatures occurred. In any case I find his measured approach a
refreshing contrast to the hyperbole that we get from the media (and
even on occasion from the Met Office).
--
John Hall
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism
by those who have not got it."
George Bernard Shaw

On Oct 2, 10:26*am, Adam Lea wrote:
On 01/10/11 22:50, Charlie Company wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15127159

nice one,tells it like it is, not a mention of curry

I have noticed that Philip Eden has a habit of always trying to downplay
things. To call record temperatures in October merely "unusual" is
stretching the meaning of the word too far IMO.

Tell me how often the records show a connection with the incidence of
tropical cyclones on you data base.

ISTR that your site's forecast for this year downplayed the season. I
forget if it was intended for the year and oceans in general or the
North Atlantic in particular.

On 03/10/11 15:04, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Oct 2, 10:26 am, Adam wrote:
On 01/10/11 22:50, Charlie Company wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15127159

nice one,tells it like it is, not a mention of curry

I have noticed that Philip Eden has a habit of always trying to downplay
things. To call record temperatures in October merely "unusual" is
stretching the meaning of the word too far IMO.

Tell me how often the records show a connection with the incidence of
tropical cyclones on you data base.

ISTR that your site's forecast for this year downplayed the season. I
forget if it was intended for the year and oceans in general or the
North Atlantic in particular.

Which forecast are you referring too?

Our Atlantic forecast looks to be a significant over-prediction.

On Oct 3, 7:15*pm, Adam Lea wrote:
On 03/10/11 15:04, Weatherlawyer wrote:





On Oct 2, 10:26 am, Adam *wrote:
On 01/10/11 22:50, Charlie Company wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15127159

nice one,tells it like it is, not a mention of curry

I have noticed that Philip Eden has a habit of always trying to downplay
things. To call record temperatures in October merely "unusual" is
stretching the meaning of the word too far IMO.

Tell me how often the records show a connection with the incidence of
tropical cyclones on you data base.

ISTR that your site's forecast for this year downplayed the season. I
forget if it was intended for the year and oceans in general or the
North Atlantic in particular.

Which forecast are you referring too?

Our Atlantic forecast looks to be a significant over-prediction.- Hide quoted text -

Forgive me I thought you were involved with a website maintained by an
insurance consortium or some sort.

http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/
http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/register.html

Hmm.. that last one was to a link on the first page, I read it last
March, I think, before posting my own error prone forecast for the
year on here.

On 07/10/11 16:38, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Oct 3, 7:15 pm, Adam wrote:
On 03/10/11 15:04, Weatherlawyer wrote:





On Oct 2, 10:26 am, Adam wrote:
On 01/10/11 22:50, Charlie Company wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15127159

nice one,tells it like it is, not a mention of curry

I have noticed that Philip Eden has a habit of always trying to downplay
things. To call record temperatures in October merely "unusual" is
stretching the meaning of the word too far IMO.

Tell me how often the records show a connection with the incidence of
tropical cyclones on you data base.

ISTR that your site's forecast for this year downplayed the season. I
forget if it was intended for the year and oceans in general or the
North Atlantic in particular.

Which forecast are you referring too?

Our Atlantic forecast looks to be a significant over-prediction.- Hide quoted text -

Forgive me I thought you were involved with a website maintained by an
insurance consortium or some sort.

Something like that.


http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/
http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/register.html

Hmm.. that last one was to a link on the first page, I read it last
March, I think, before posting my own error prone forecast for the
year on here.


It was probably one of these:

http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/for_hurr.html

If it was March when you last looked, you would have been looking at the
December forecast.