We'll rain on your parade, forecasters tell rogue pundits pp396 - 397
Independent weather companies answer to no one.

Jim Giles

doi: 10.1038/435396b

Nature,26 May 2005,pp396-397



tells of RMS intent to monitor and rate independant forecasters.

Just imagine Will Hand and some other heavies from Exeter,dressed in leather
coats,turning up before dawn and hammering on your door asking for your
verifications,

regards,
David

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tells of RMS intent to monitor and rate independant forecasters.

Just imagine Will Hand and some other heavies from Exeter,dressed in leather
coats,turning up before dawn and hammering on your door asking for your
verifications,

I've being saying this for years. That there should be some kind of
'chartermark' or similar benchmark of quality to indicate a
forecasting organisation has reached a certain standard. They do
it for other professions like builders, so why not weather forecasters?

As it stands anyone can forecast the weather, anyone at all.
The Met Office can do it, Metcheck can do it, even *I* can do it.
Whether anyone can do it to a satisfactory standard however is
another matter entirely

And it's not a frivolous matter either like not taking your brolly to
work and getting wet. What if you rely on a mountain or coastal
forecast that proves incorrect and someone dies?

With the proliferation of internet based forecasts, this hasn't come
a moment too soon.

Col
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Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
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"Waghorn" wrote in message
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tells of RMS intent to monitor and rate independant forecasters.

With the proliferation of internet based forecasts, this hasn't come
a moment too soon.

Idiot


Who is going to monitor the monitors? And what appeal system will there
be?

Since there will be money involved, can we be assured that the experts
appointed to oversight will be unbiased?

If so how?

(Actually I am looking foreward to seeing how they would rate mine.
(Which has got more loop-holes than an English holliday home on the
Welsh coast.))


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"Col" wrote in message
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"Waghorn" wrote in message
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tells of RMS intent to monitor and rate independant forecasters.

Just imagine Will Hand and some other heavies from Exeter,dressed in leather
coats,turning up before dawn and hammering on your door asking for your
verifications,

I've being saying this for years. That there should be some kind of
'chartermark' or similar benchmark of quality to indicate a
forecasting organisation has reached a certain standard. They do
it for other professions like builders, so why not weather forecasters?

As it stands anyone can forecast the weather, anyone at all.
The Met Office can do it, Metcheck can do it, even *I* can do it.
Whether anyone can do it to a satisfactory standard however is
another matter entirely

And it's not a frivolous matter either like not taking your brolly to
work and getting wet. What if you rely on a mountain or coastal
forecast that proves incorrect and someone dies?

With the proliferation of internet based forecasts, this hasn't come
a moment too soon.


Perhaps the BBC ought to come under scrutiny too, with all the crap presentation
on their website recently ! It's making Metcheck look good :-)

Will.
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"Waghorn" wrote in message
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tells of RMS intent to monitor and rate independant forecasters.

With the proliferation of internet based forecasts, this hasn't come
a moment too soon.

Idiot


Who is going to monitor the monitors? And what appeal system will there
be?

That's a good point
I'm not sure how it would be organised, just that it's a good idea.

Since there will be money involved, can we be assured that the experts
appointed to oversight will be unbiased?

Don't be so cynical

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html