So there was Penny Tranter, with a fixed grin, looking like some
latter-day Julie Andrews doing a 1950's toothpaste advert, telling us it was
going to be a "very muggy night". (BBCtv, 10.30 pm). Not just a bit muggy, or
muggy, but very muggy. Temperatures about 12, dewpoints 8-10 ( from a recent
trawl), light breeze. How, then, would she describe a temp of 18, dewpoint 17,
no wind, as we will certainly get later in the summer after a max of about 30?
Does she seriously think tonight is going to be "very muggy" or has she been
told to spice it up a bit since weather forecasters are now part of the
entertainment industry, so it seems. This would explain the silly and
obviously forced smile throughout.
I don't often watch these broadcasts, but they seem to be getting even
worse. Is it the same in other countries, I wonder?

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

On 29 May 2004 01:02:19 GMT, (TudorHgh) wrote:

This would explain the silly and
obviously forced smile throughout.

You've forgotten the exaggerated arm movements, excited bobbing up and
down and the swaying back and forth.

I think she's been on 'the course', which is a great pity as she used
to be one of the better ones or, alternatively, perhaps she was drunk.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow.
Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
http://tinyurl.com/55v3

On 29 May 2004 01:02:19 GMT, (TudorHgh) wrote:

So there was Penny Tranter, with a fixed grin, looking like some
latter-day Julie Andrews doing a 1950's toothpaste advert, telling us it was
going to be a "very muggy night". (BBCtv, 10.30 pm). Not just a bit muggy, or
muggy, but very muggy. Temperatures about 12, dewpoints 8-10 ( from a recent
trawl), light breeze. How, then, would she describe a temp of 18, dewpoint 17,
no wind, as we will certainly get later in the summer after a max of about 30?
Does she seriously think tonight is going to be "very muggy" or has she been
told to spice it up a bit since weather forecasters are now part of the
entertainment industry, so it seems. This would explain the silly and
obviously forced smile throughout.
I don't often watch these broadcasts, but they seem to be getting even
worse. Is it the same in other countries, I wonder?


It's worse, in my experience.

In Miss Tranter's defence, perhaps "very muggy" was a relative
description, as we have probably had few "muggy" nights so far.

I do agree that style has triumphed over substance in weather
presenting on certain channels.

Martin

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.