A poor forecast from the Met Office today. I was expecting a thoroughly wet afternoon here in the SW, but the BBC forecast both at Breakfast time and at 1.25pm seem to have overdone the rain not just here in the SW but also Wales judging by the latest Weather radar. I reckon I could have got the washing dry now instead of using the tumbler.

"xmetman" wrote in message
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A poor forecast from the Met Office today. I was expecting a thoroughly wet
afternoon here in the SW, but the BBC forecast both at Breakfast time and at
1.25pm seem to have overdone the rain not just here in the SW but also Wales
judging by the latest Weather radar. I reckon I could have got the washing
dry now instead of using the tumbler.
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Been raining here for two hours now. At one point it was really lashing
across the garden. Not much in the gauge but washing would not have dried up
here! Radar is also underdoing the rainfall on the moors (as usual).

Will
--
" Some sects believe that the world was created 5000 years ago. Another sect
believes that it was created in 1910 "
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 05:50:47 -0800 (PST), xmetman
wrote:

A poor forecast from the Met Office today. I was expecting a thoroughly wet afternoon here in the SW, but the BBC forecast both at Breakfast time and at 1.25pm seem to have overdone the rain not just here in the SW but also Wales judging by the latest Weather radar. I reckon I could have got the washing dry now instead of using the tumbler.

It was, indeed, a poor forecast. I cancelled golf today due to the forecast of
heavy rain by 1300. So far (1420) we've had just a couple of spits in the wind
so it looks like it would have been OK for golf. We would have finished by about
1500. The current forecast is predicting heavy rain by 1500 but even that is
looking a bit unlikely.

The automated forecast for Tideswell and the human-produced forecast for the
Peak District this morning were both predicting wet weather from soon after
midday so it does seem that the model must have had a bit of a wobbly :-(

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 2:08:45 PM UTC, wrote:
"xmetman" wrote in message
...
A poor forecast from the Met Office today. I was expecting a thoroughly wet
afternoon here in the SW, but the BBC forecast both at Breakfast time and at
1.25pm seem to have overdone the rain not just here in the SW but also Wales
judging by the latest Weather radar. I reckon I could have got the washing
dry now instead of using the tumbler.
===============

Been raining here for two hours now. At one point it was really lashing
across the garden. Not much in the gauge but washing would not have dried up
here! Radar is also underdoing the rainfall on the moors (as usual).

Will
--
" Some sects believe that the world was created 5000 years ago. Another sect
believes that it was created in 1910 "
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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Drizzling steadily virtually all day here, just about stopped now (15:00) but still a very damp feel.

Graham
Penzance

On Friday, 19 February 2016 15:14:35 UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 2:08:45 PM UTC, wrote:
"xmetman" wrote in message
...
A poor forecast from the Met Office today. I was expecting a thoroughly wet
afternoon here in the SW, but the BBC forecast both at Breakfast time and at
1.25pm seem to have overdone the rain not just here in the SW but also Wales
judging by the latest Weather radar. I reckon I could have got the washing
dry now instead of using the tumbler.
===============

Been raining here for two hours now. At one point it was really lashing
across the garden. Not much in the gauge but washing would not have dried up
here! Radar is also underdoing the rainfall on the moors (as usual).

Will
--
" Some sects believe that the world was created 5000 years ago. Another sect
believes that it was created in 1910 "
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
---------------------------------------------

Drizzling steadily virtually all day here, just about stopped now (15:00) but still a very damp feel.

Graham
Penzance

Lowest Precipitation
06-18 UTC on Friday, 19 February 2016
In Map Area Lat[49.990 N - 53.410 N] Lon[6.361 W - 0.714 W]

[01] 03529 Pershore 0.0 [0.00]
03740 RAF Lyneham 0.0 [0.00]
03313 Rhyl 0.0 [0.00]
[02] 03746 Boscombe Down 0.1 [0.00]
03749 Middle Wallop 0.1 [0.00]
03330 Leek Thorncliffe 0.1 [0.00]
03351 Rostherne 0.1 [0.00]
03649 RAF Brize Norton 0.1 [0.00]
03628 Filton 0.1 [0.00]
03853 Yeovilton 0.1 [0.00]
03716 St Athan 0.1 [0.00]
03707 RAF Chivenor 0.1 [0.00]
[03] 03502 Aberporth 0.2 [0.01]
03840 Dunkeswell 0.2 [0.01]
03743 Larkhill 0.2 [0.01]
03520 Shobdon 0.2 [0.01]
03522 Hereford 0.2 [0.01]
03414 RAF Shawbury 0.2 [0.01]
03535 Coleshill 0.2 [0.01]
03544 Church Lawford 0.2 [0.01]
03604 Milford-Haven 0.2 [0.01]
03647 Little Rissington 0.2 [0.01]
03609 Mumbles 0.2 [0.01]
03839 Exeter Airport 0.2 [0.01]
03321 Hawarden 0.2 [0.01]
03354 Nottingham 0.2 [0.01]
03658 RAF Benson 0.2 [0.01]
03660 High Wycombe 0.2 [0.01]
03857 Isle Of Portland 0.2 [0.01]
[04] 03768 Farnborough 0.4 [0.02]
03761 RAF Odiham 0.4 [0.02]
03503 Trawsgoed 0.4 [0.02]
[05] 03405 Aberdaron 0.6 [0.02]
03862 Bournemouth 0.6 [0.02]
03866 St Catherine's Point 0.6 [0.02]
[06] 03809 Culdrose 0.8 [0.03]
03302 RAF Valley 0.8 [0.03]
[07] 03507 Sennybridge 1.0 [0.04]
03301 RAF Mona 1.0 [0.04]
03823 Cardinham 1.0 [0.04]
[08] 03827 Plymouth 2.0 [0.08]
03808 Camborne 2.0 [0.08]
03409 Bala 2.0 [0.08]
03605 Pembry Sands 2.0 [0.08]
03710 Liscombe 2.0 [0.08]

On Friday, 19 February 2016 13:50:49 UTC, xmetman wrote:
A poor forecast from the Met Office today. I was expecting a thoroughly wet afternoon here in the SW, but the BBC forecast both at Breakfast time and at 1.25pm seem to have overdone the rain not just here in the SW but also Wales judging by the latest Weather radar. I reckon I could have got the washing dry now instead of using the tumbler.

Was expecting quite a bit of rain here in Milton Keynes too, but had nothing much yesterday, and still nothing today.

As an aside, I see the MO have changed their colour scale for the temperature forecast. I don't like it! Having the extrema at +36 and -30 degrees means everything ends up looking pretty much one bland colour! http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/w...ime=1455926400

On 20/02/2016 12:31, Simon Cheesbiscuit wrote:
On Friday, 19 February 2016 13:50:49 UTC, xmetman wrote:
A poor forecast from the Met Office today. I was expecting a thoroughly wet afternoon here in the SW, but the BBC forecast both at Breakfast time and at 1.25pm seem to have overdone the rain not just here in the SW but also Wales judging by the latest Weather radar. I reckon I could have got the washing dry now instead of using the tumbler.

Was expecting quite a bit of rain here in Milton Keynes too, but had nothing much yesterday, and still nothing today.

As an aside, I see the MO have changed their colour scale for the temperature forecast. I don't like it! Having the extrema at +36 and -30 degrees means everything ends up looking pretty much one bland colour! http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/w...ime=1455926400

Wouldn't -30 to +40 have been better given that the highest temperature
recorded in the UK is above 36C?

--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg