Arctic airstream ?
I didn’t quite get the reference to an Arctic airstream this weekend from Susan Powell, and as regards wind, Friday and Saturday could be just as lively as Sunday.All we need now is Tomasz Schafernaker to …
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A proclivity to use the word “cool”
As we head into autumn we are constantly being bombarded by the term cool by weathercasters on TV rather than them using the word cold. Tomasz Schafernaker has even gone so far as to rename cold …
The first frost of the autumn and model shortcomings
So much for the ICON model and its forecast 2 metre air temperature for Altnaharra at o6 UTC this morning of 3°C. The Germans look like they have problems with that model because the temperature at …
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I wish I had a pound for everytime the Needles registered the highest gust
It has been a very windy day for August across England and Wales today thanks to storm Ellen, with the southwesterly wind generally blowing force six occasionally seven at times. According to Louise Lear the Needles …
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It never happened when Bill Giles was in charge
Yet again, not a mention of anywhere else other than the south in today’s forecast If you just analyse what weathercasters such as Susan Powell actually say in their forecasts you’ll see they have a blatant …
Dull and humid in the southeast – much sunnier further north and west
For a real treat I just sat through a BBC weather forecast presented by the inimitable Tomasz Schafernaker at 1157 BST followed by one presented by Susan Powell an hour later. It was interesting to compare …
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The “all tarred with the same brush” approach
If you wondering just how Phil Avery and Meteogroup could ever dream up such a ridiculous headline like this, which purport to describe the weather for the whole of the UK this weekend, when the forecast …
Another example of Scotia Myopia from Meteogroup
I can only think that the Scotia Myopia disorder is so endemic amongst BBC weathercasters that it can only originate from the briefings they receive from the Chief forecaster at Meteogroup HQ in London. The overnight …
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Heatwaves and today’s thunderstorms
Tomasz Schafernaker has a theory that today’s thunderstorms are only occurring where there hasn’t been a heatwave so far, which just goes to show what he knows about the definition for heatwave definition, and the fact …
What planet are BBC weathercasters on?
I sometimes wonder what planet some of our TV weathercasters are on, what exactly is their problem with places outside England? I can assure Chris Fawkes that it’s been another lovely sunny morning in the north …
Stratus not quite melting away as quickly as planned…
The low stratus didn’t just melt away as Stav Danaos suggested it would yesterday, it seems to be clinging to the higher dewpoint area that was across the same area on Friday, and probably connected to …
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Tropical night reserved for the continent as temperatures fall to 2°C across the Highlands
Another warm night across the southeast with minima in the range 14 to 18°C so no tropical night last night in the UK, which was probably due to the cooling east north easterly breeze of the …
Friday’s flash in the pan
Darren Bett and Meteogroup seem convinced that maximum temperatures will get up to 34°C in parts of the southeast on Friday afternoon – maybe it will or maybe it won’t – we will see. Here in …
More like autumn than summer
It was more like early autumn than summer across most of Scotland today, with temperatures three or four degrees below the long term average and an inch or more of rain over the much of the …
Cyclones, Typhoons, Hurricanes – what’s the difference?
A very interesting question as posed by Sarah Keith-Lucas in her recent BBC video.
Next weekend’s weather
Louise Lear was on great form today in her lunchtime forecast. She does not see the rain on Wednesday as being a great problem for Scotland, who are well used to it, and as it won’t …
South centric forecasts and what constitutes a glorious days weather
Some one ought to remind Louise Lear that there are other parts of the country besides the far northwest of Scotland, the southeast of England and Old Trafford. I would also beg to differ with her …
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BBC over-egging the weather
It has been quite noticeable, well at least to me, how the Meteogroup weathercasters on the BBC have been over egging the weather forecast, especially in the southeast, and especially as regards the chances of sunshine …
This is the real story about today’s weather
This is the real story about today’s weather – it’s cold in most places for July, and it’s how it’s been in the north for the last week, but finally the cold northwesterlies have cleared away …
A little too upbeat
I don’t know which NWP model they are currently using down at the BBC, but it’s not in touch with reality this morning as convective infill, the scourge of a nice afternoon in summer across the …
Repeat after me – a gust of 34 knots or higher does not make a gale
It is one thing having a gust of gale force and a true gale. Stav obviously thinks the country is experiencing a true gale quite widely today, but he is wrong and it’s misleading. But apart …
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You could say that
Yes, it was bit cooler than that across northern Scotland Chris, in fact it dropped down to just 0.3°C at Altnaharra with a ground frost there and Aboyne. Because Meteogroup persist in the BBC tradition of …
It’s just not “feeling cool” in places, it’s just plain cold
I have just been listening to Chris Fawkes the weathercaster on duty this lunchtime in the BBC News. He’s always loathed to say much about Scotland in his forecasts, and when he does he always seems …
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So there’s not much change on the weather front over the next few days…
Another great opening line from Tomasz Schafernaker in the taped weather forecast that’s been running all morning on the BBC News channel. So there’s not much change on the weather front over the next few days… …
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