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On Friday, 3 April 2020 10:51:20 UTC+1, Freddie wrote:
On Friday, 3 April 2020 09:25:04 UTC+1, Graham Easterling wrote: This thread isn't good for my blood pressure. I mean why do the 5 day forecasts even exist, they haven't a clue of the current weather half the time! Being stuck in a thunderstorm when most of Cornwall & SW Devon was wet and the forecast was still 5% rain didn't amuse me. I mean, is there no input from real weather? The 5 day forecasts exist because customers want them. It's not the Met Office who dictate what is offered to the public - it is a body called the PWSCG. See https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-u.../pws/pwscg/tor I believe the shortcomings of spot forecasts based on automated unrefined model data were pointed out at the time. The Met Office have to give the PWSCG what they want, as they fund it. If you want a pink car with automatic transmission and aircon, the car dealer isn't going to question your specification. They may advise you that automatic transmission isn't really necessary for motorway travelling and that pink attracts the seagulls - but at the end of the day it's the customer's choice. -- Freddie Dorrington Shropshire 115m AMSL http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/ Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/st...cs/latest.xlsx The customers only want these forecasts because they're available on their phones which therefore have more stuff on them for you to play with.. I don't think very many are actually interested in the content which is just as well going by what I've read here. Tudor Hughes |
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