-6C last night after that dramatic cold front. We have now around 6 inches
of snow here in S Cambridgeshire making this the heaviest accumulation since
February 1991.
I think it is fair to say we got our money's worth with this cold spell,
and with regard to the forecasts the independent ones such as Metcheck
proved the best.
I can't forget BBC Look East on Monday lunchtime saying "not as much as
we thought". "I think most places will only get a dusting of snow"!!?. I
mean really. What is that for goodness sake? No wonder the BBC have been
given some stick on the Hutton Enquiry. They say what suits them.
If you want a decent weather forecast then turn to the Internet and look
at Metcheck and TWO.


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"Gavin Staples" wrote in message
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If you want a decent weather forecast then turn to the Internet and
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Don't you get fed up with advertising Gavin, are you looking for a job or
something?
They may be good at forecasting for South Cambridgeshire, but an avoidable
source for an outlook north of the border. Except when they copy the short
range GFS. As far as I'm aware - they didn't realise that yesterday's front
would be anything special. I believe it was myself and Steve Loft on this
newsgroup who warned the South to "watch out".
Having ran comparison forecasts from various internet sites on my website
for a year now, the best of the lot for this area is undoubtedly
http://www.weather-online.net And I'm sure their forecasts for your local
town would wipe the floor with the above sites you mention.
I'm not advertising, just exercising a form of quality control.
Alex.

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"Gavin Staples" wrote in message
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Don't you get fed up with advertising Gavin, are you looking for a job or
something?
They may be good at forecasting for South Cambridgeshire, but an avoidable
source for an outlook north of the border. Except when they copy the short
range GFS. As far as I'm aware - they didn't realise that yesterday's
front
would be anything special. I believe it was myself and Steve Loft on this
newsgroup who warned the South to "watch out".

I would certainly back you up on that.

Taking account of the 7:55 R4 forecast with its "a band of snow passing
through the midlands late morning" or something like that, the BBC weather
site (yes OK!) synoptic, satellite and radar images, I was thinking and hour
or so's cloud and light snow flurry between 08:45 and 10:00 and then
perfectly clear skies was the second front going through. It wasn't until
your posting regarding the front that I realised this was not so, this
backed up by observation of the latest MetO chart that I realised something
more was to come. I was then able to, through occasional monitoring of this
group 'follow' the front down to estimate when it would pass here, almost
bang on time and bang on weather.

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Having ran comparison forecasts from various internet sites on my
website
for a year now, the best of the lot for this area is undoubtedly
http://www.weather-online.net And I'm sure their forecasts for your local
town would wipe the floor with the above sites you mention.
I'm not advertising, just exercising a form of quality control.
Alex.

Well Horsham only got a dusting.

Adam

"Gavin Staples" wrote in message
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-6C last night after that dramatic cold front. We have now around 6 inches
of snow here in S Cambridgeshire making this the heaviest accumulation
since
February 1991.
I think it is fair to say we got our money's worth with this cold
spell,
and with regard to the forecasts the independent ones such as Metcheck
proved the best.
I can't forget BBC Look East on Monday lunchtime saying "not as much
as
we thought". "I think most places will only get a dusting of snow"!!?. I
mean really. What is that for goodness sake? No wonder the BBC have been
given some stick on the Hutton Enquiry. They say what suits them.
If you want a decent weather forecast then turn to the Internet and
look
at Metcheck and TWO.


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I don't believe this was much more than a light dusting of snow. Not
according to what I noticed here -about an inch or so and from those
pictures in the link to the BBC. The snow fell at night and was followed
immediately by clear skies and a frosty night.


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