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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 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. |
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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. -- cupra (remove nospam please to mail) |
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word.
-- Tom Danbury, Essex (107m) Read my WeatherBlog: http://www.weatherblog.co.uk |
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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 |
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![]() "Tom" wrote in message ... Sorry seems to be the hardest word. -- 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". |
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Two bad forecasts from the MO in as many days, what next?
Shaun Pudwell. "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message ... "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 |
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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. -- Tom Danbury, Essex (107m) Read my WeatherBlog: http://www.weatherblog.co.uk |
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![]() "Shaun Pudwell" wrote in message ... 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. |
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![]() "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message ... "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 |
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