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MET OFFICE STATEMENT ON UNEXPECTED SNOWFALL
MET OFFICE News Release issued by the Government News Network on 14
January 2004
The Met Office has issued a statement saying the snow that has hit
Wales, the Midlands and Eastern England today came from a weather
system which was particularly difficult to forecast. The prolonged and
heavy rain turned readily to snow as temperatures fell further than
expected.
Conditions are expected to improve later today, but further wintry
conditions can be expected for some areas over the next few days.

Scott Whitehead wrote:
This was on the PA website

MET OFFICE STATEMENT ON UNEXPECTED SNOWFALL
MET OFFICE News Release issued by the Government News Network on 14
January 2004
The Met Office has issued a statement saying the snow that has hit
Wales, the Midlands and Eastern England today came from a weather
system which was particularly difficult to forecast. The prolonged and
heavy rain turned readily to snow as temperatures fell further than
expected.
Conditions are expected to improve later today, but further wintry
conditions can be expected for some areas over the next few days.

It'd be nice if the MO front page forecasts were changed to reflect this.

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Sorry seems to be the hardest word.

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Tom
Danbury, Essex (107m)

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"Scott Whitehead" wrote in message
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This was on the PA website

MET OFFICE STATEMENT ON UNEXPECTED SNOWFALL
MET OFFICE News Release issued by the Government News Network on 14
January 2004

PA WeatherCentre are clearly being extremely magnanimous, not
rubbing salt into this one ... their media forecasts issued mid-morning
yesterday included sleet at low levels and snow over higher ground,
while their local authority forecasts (for gritting) gave 5-10cm for
Powys, and probability of wet snow for Northants, Bucks, Herts,
Cambs, etc.

Clearly, not unexpected to everyone.

Philip Eden

"Tom" wrote in message
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word.

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Tom
Danbury, Essex (107m)

Read my WeatherBlog:
http://www.weatherblog.co.uk



Never the met's fault for bad forecasting always the weather
i agree Tom when has the met said "sorry".

Two bad forecasts from the MO in as many days, what next?

Shaun Pudwell.

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Scott Whitehead" wrote in message
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This was on the PA website

MET OFFICE STATEMENT ON UNEXPECTED SNOWFALL
MET OFFICE News Release issued by the Government News Network on 14
January 2004

PA WeatherCentre are clearly being extremely magnanimous, not
rubbing salt into this one ... their media forecasts issued mid-morning
yesterday included sleet at low levels and snow over higher ground,
while their local authority forecasts (for gritting) gave 5-10cm for
Powys, and probability of wet snow for Northants, Bucks, Herts,
Cambs, etc.

Clearly, not unexpected to everyone.

Philip Eden

PA WeatherCentre are clearly being extremely magnanimous, not
rubbing salt into this one ... their media forecasts issued mid-morning
yesterday included sleet at low levels and snow over higher ground

This is the second time they have predicted differently from the Met Office
and have been right.

As my post said (12/1) accuracy seems much better then the Met Office.

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Tom
Danbury, Essex (107m)

Read my WeatherBlog:
http://www.weatherblog.co.uk

"Shaun Pudwell" wrote in message
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Two bad forecasts from the MO in as many days, what next?


.... as someone who has tried to defend the Met Office, I have to say
that this was somewhat surprising as we (on this newsgroup) were all
expecting an advection of a colder airmass from the north or northwest
as the low that caused all the problems on Monday slipped away. This
weather type is quite common in January in what is essentially a cold
air mass.

Martin.

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Scott Whitehead" wrote in message
om...
This was on the PA website

MET OFFICE STATEMENT ON UNEXPECTED SNOWFALL
MET OFFICE News Release issued by the Government News Network on 14
January 2004

PA WeatherCentre are clearly being extremely magnanimous, not
rubbing salt into this one ... their media forecasts issued mid-morning
yesterday included sleet at low levels and snow over higher ground,
while their local authority forecasts (for gritting) gave 5-10cm for
Powys, and probability of wet snow for Northants, Bucks, Herts,
Cambs, etc.

Clearly, not unexpected to everyone.

Philip Eden

Just a thought; how many experienced forecasters have left the Met Office
due to the move to Exeter from Bracknell? I'm not saying this is the reason
for the errors but today's 'unexpected snowfall' event together with the
previous poor forecast on Monday is an unfortunate coincidence at the very
least.

Alan