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It's been chucked it down all day here in mid-Norfolk. Constant rain, windy...
The stream at the end of the garden is a tad high. So I go to the BBC weather pages to look at the forecast... to decide if I need to start moving possessions ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=2882 Apparently today's forecast is for light showers... perhaps this is a forecast for a different planet! --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers writes It's been chucked it down all day here in mid-Norfolk. Constant rain, windy... The stream at the end of the garden is a tad high. So I go to the BBC weather pages to look at the forecast... to decide if I need to start moving possessions ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=2882 Apparently today's forecast is for light showers... perhaps this is a forecast for a different planet! Perhaps you are missing the point. The computer models are always right. It's your local weather that's wrong :-) More seriously, my subjective gut feeling is that over the past 6 months or so the forecasts issued to Joe Public via the BBC have often been of very poor accuracy, at least as far as the bit of the country where I have been located. The often quoted 85 percent accuracy for 24-hour forecasts has certainly not been applicable to the last 6 months. Norman. (delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail) -- Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy Chalfont St Giles England |
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Perhaps you are missing the point. The computer models are always right.
It's your local weather that's wrong :-) Of course, you are correct. I hang my head in shame ;-) More seriously, my subjective gut feeling is that over the past 6 months or so the forecasts issued to Joe Public via the BBC have often been of very poor accuracy, at least as far as the bit of the country where I have been located. The often quoted 85 percent accuracy for 24-hour forecasts has certainly not been applicable to the last 6 months. Yup - I agree, my feelings too. I keep a close eye on the forecasts because of my interest in cycling - always useful to have a reasonable idea of what to wear... and because my son cycles competitively. Knowing the weather with a reasonable degree of accuracy is vital - events can be cancelled, postponed, I could decide to withdraw him from an event... and as there is often a fiar bit of travelling to events involved, accurate weather forecasts are important to me. --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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I have to say dirtylitterboxofferingstospammer- or can I call you Dirty? -
that with the hitherto unknown speed of communications that we now enjoy, it just doesn't add up.! Surely someone could look out a window or make a call to ascertain the forecast accuracy and respond by updating the bleeding info on their web page. It's not as Bracknell is three days ride by horse from Norfolk, is it? .. "dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote in message ... It's been chucked it down all day here in mid-Norfolk. Constant rain, windy... The stream at the end of the garden is a tad high. So I go to the BBC weather pages to look at the forecast... to decide if I need to start moving possessions ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=2882 Apparently today's forecast is for light showers... perhaps this is a forecast for a different planet! --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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![]() "Lawrence" wrote in message ... I have to say dirtylitterboxofferingstospammer- or can I call you Dirty? - that with the hitherto unknown speed of communications that we now enjoy, it just doesn't add up.! Surely someone could look out a window or make a call to ascertain the forecast accuracy and respond by updating the bleeding info on their web page. It's not as Bracknell is three days ride by horse from Norfolk, is it? Exeter is though ![]() Col -- Bolton, Lancashire. 160m asl. http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html |
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it's not as Bracknell is three days ride by horse from Norfolk, is it?
You mean Exeter of course Lawrence which maybe is a three day ride by horse from Norfolk :-) best regards, Alan -- Wirral,Merseyside. 53.1 N 3.0 W 40m amsl http://www.wirralcam.com/frame.htm |
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I have to say dirtylitterboxofferingstospammer- or can I call you Dirty? -
Try calling him Helen. :-) Anne |
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