Model backing off rain across Scotland on Monday
One thing Louise Lear did mention in her forecast that I had also noticed was how Monday wasn’t going to end up as a …
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Who says where temperatures should be?
Louise Lear the queen of the euphemism was at it again in her afternoon weather forecast on the BBC news channel. She like Tomasz …
Snowy white winters that melt into spring…
We have had another light dusting of snow here in the Strath this morning, and at the moment a very light snow shower has …
Spot the difference
It’s still snowing across the north of Scotland and if anything here in the Strath there have been more snow showers this morning than …
Not as cold and less windy…
Darren Bett reckons the rest of the week after Tuesday is going to be not as cold and less windy than it’s been today. …
These are snow showers not wintry showers
I have heard a number of weather forecasts in the last day or so describing the showers that will or are falling across IONA …
I beg to differ Darren
Darren Bett reckons that the biggest change in the weather today across the UK was across the east coast of England, where thanks to …
Here’s your weekend weather headline to help you plan ahead…
What’s going on down at the BBC? Have we just entered the twilight zone? Dry and settled? Sunny by day? This tweet looks a …
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Cloudy for most, chilly – a great week for the rest of us
Yes it’s been a quiet and boring week of weather as far as Tomasz Schafernaker was concerned, and which he kept reminding us of …
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Oops
Both the BBC and UKMO forecasts underestimated the warmth across Scotland as temperatures reached 19.0°C in Edinburgh Royal Botanic gardens this afternoon. That’s the …
Convergence line or old occlusion?
Chris Fawkes thinks that the line of showers aligned NW-SE across central England this morning has been brought about as the result of a …
What a difference a day makes
I don’t exactly know what went on down in the BBC Weather department yesterday with the forecast gusts of 85 mph for this afternoon, …
Who says just how windy it’s going to get – BBC Meteogroup or the UKMO?
The BBC Meteogroup weathercasters just can’t seem to agree on just how windy it’ll get later today and tomorrow across the UK. Meteogroup are …
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Why do we make such little use of satellite imagery in TV forecasts?
Why do we so little use made of the latest satellite imagery in our TV weather forecasts instead of relying so heavily on NWP …
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BBC temperature for London too high again
I don’t know which particular model Meteogroup and the BBC are using at the moment, but it’s gone a little awry as far as …
Not on your Nelly
Louise Lear was getting quite carried away with herself about just how warm it was going to get in London, but totally forgetting about …
Sour grapes down at the BBC
I think last nights 6.30 pm weather forecast gave us an unexpected insight into the mind of a typical BBC weathercaster. If you get …
Only Tomasz Schafernaker could ignore a low of -16.7°C and 70 cm of snow
The one thing that Tomasz Schafernaker never does is fail to amaze me. In his lunchtime forecast today, he completely ignored this mornings -16.7°C …
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Feels like charts
The BBC weathercasters are going overboard at the moment with their use of ‘Feels Like’ charts. It can’t be helped, it’s something they do …
A shock to the system
You know winter has finally arrived when the BBC weathercasters drag out that old ‘Feels Like’ chart for the colder weather this coming weekend. …
That’s not exactly what the Met Office are saying Sarah
In the lunchtime weather forecast on BBC 1 Sarah Keith-Lucas started her forecast by saying that the Met Office had issued an amber warning …
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Turning colder for all
The headline Susan Powell used in her lunchtime weather forecast was “Turning colder for all” slightly grates with me living as I do in …
The wrong impression
Because the BBC continue to insist on using coastal sites as being representative of temperatures across the whole of the UK, I am fairly …
It’s snowing in Dingwall Stav!
These BBC weathercasters never seem to get the message about this cold weather in the north. It might be come as news to Stav …