Interested In Advertising? | Contact Us Here
Warning!

 

Welcome to Clean It Up; the UK`s largest cleaning forum with over 34,000 members

 

Please login or register to post and reply to topics.      

 

Forgot your password? Click here

Pages: [1]

kirky

the met office eh
« on: June 05, 2008, 05:29:34 pm »
well after 20 years of watching them lie through their teeth night after night i do belive they are now actually getting tye forcast right..bout bleedin time  8)
Logged

AuRavelling79

  • Posts: 26585
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 05:40:56 pm »
I find they're usually pretty accurate - and I reckon they forecast slightly worse to allow for whinging media reporters!
Logged
It's a game of three halves!

WCE

  • Posts: 968
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 08:44:23 pm »
Funny you should say that. Only the evening before yesterday our local weather forcaster on itv was forced to apologise after they had told us it would be bright and sunny all afternoon- It bucketed down full pelt all afternoon. Need I say more? They still don't get it right round where I am from!
   
Logged
WCE- For Windows that shine everytime!

Ian W

  • Posts: 1161
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2008, 08:52:16 pm »
It seems every time I watch / listen to the weather forecast it is totally different to the previous one for the same time period.  ::)

I reckon they are hedging their bets and telling us everything will happen in the hope they will get it right!  ;D
Logged
Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible.
Charles Dickens

C-Thru.

  • Posts: 388
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2008, 10:19:30 pm »
I live and work within a mile or two of the Met office here in Exeter, Devon.
Ever since this new HQ opened up it has officialy got less than 60% of the forcast correct.
Even today was sposed to be rain till late afternoon, not had a drop here all day! They are kin useless!!
in the words of the great Billy Connelly 'if you want to know the weather, Look out the F*cking Winda!'

Goochie, Exeter
Logged

steve.ternent

Re: the met office eh
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2008, 10:33:31 pm »
 ;D For the best weather forecast, follow these simple instructions...

Get up...look outside!

If its wet... it's raining!  :(

If its dry... it's not raining!  8)

 ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)





Logged

d s windowcleaning

  • Posts: 2782
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2008, 10:35:34 pm »
why take notice of the weather forcast how many times is it right , if we trusted this wed never be working come on theres snow on the high ground on friday , sun beaming down on sunday , heavy rain monday & tuesday , then we get 3 days of sun and thats it summers over  ;D
Logged
where theres muck theres money

[GQC] Tim

  • Posts: 4536
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2008, 10:46:28 pm »
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/rain.shtml

www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=holiday&jaar=-3&soort=loop6uur&URL

Gives you a rough estimate, but it's almost always right, it's brilliant.
Logged

Moderator David@stives

  • Posts: 8829
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2008, 11:23:43 pm »
I am a weather forecaster.

Here is the forcast for tomorrow.

"The weather will be the same as it was today"

I will give Saturdays weather tomorrow
Logged

kirky

Re: the met office eh
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2008, 07:46:13 am »
gets me when they say "rain in parts"  err which effin parts  ::) :D :D
Logged

Sir Squeaky

  • Posts: 8341
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2008, 08:22:00 am »
I agree with Malc, they're usually pretty good.
It's not like it was.
If they say it's going to rain in the afternoon, 9 times out of 10 it does.

Things change though, so you should check every day if you're bothered about it.
I wouldn't rely on forecasts for 3 or more days ahead.
Logged

Dick

  • Posts: 304
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2008, 07:39:29 pm »
Just looked at the BBC 5 day forecast and todays (Friday) is still on there, heavy showers is the prediction, not a drop of rain has fallen all day, it's been sunny and warm!!!!!!!!
As someone else has said, get up, look out of window and make your own forecast, how much money would be saved.

Who funds the Met Office, expect it's the good old reliable tax payer?
Logged

WCE

  • Posts: 968
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2008, 07:41:39 pm »
I often wondered if the weather(wo)man got performance related pay if the forecast would be more accurate!
Logged
WCE- For Windows that shine everytime!

Sir Squeaky

  • Posts: 8341
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2008, 08:05:37 pm »
Quote from: Dick on June 06, 2008, 07:39:29 pm
Just looked at the BBC 5 day forecast and todays (Friday) is still on there, heavy showers is the prediction, not a drop of rain has fallen all day, it's been sunny and warm!!!!!!!!
You said it all. "5 day forecast"

Try looking previous night or that morning.
It won't be far wrong then.
Logged

mark dew

  • Posts: 2901
Re: the met office eh
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2008, 01:43:11 am »
i have found the bbc site to be the most accurate i've seen but the 5 day forecast not so much.
I work within 15 miles of where i live and i can leave the house in rain and it will be bright and sunny where i end up.
Other local factors can also change things.
for example:

although there is no scientific evidence i can find, but around here the rain clouds seem to follow the rivers.
Also, when the tide is coming in, there is more likelihood of rain than if it is going out.
Strange i know, but i have noticed it since i've been wc. Speaking to farmers on my round as well and they seem to have known this for years.

Logged

windowwashers

Re: the met office eh
« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2008, 01:46:35 am »
Best thing I ever done was stop watching the forecast, just work, if it rains carry on, if it is raining when I start little harder but carry on, thunder I give up  if it carry' s on>:(
Logged
Pages: [1]