"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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That's a LITTLE unfair - but only a little. The Met. Office has
refused to comment, saying that prediction that far ahead is too
hard. The circumstance under which it could be predicted pretty
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Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Actually, on the BBC site, the reply from the Met Office was:

Met Office spokesman Dominic Woollartt told BBC News Online the longest
forecast they offered was four months, with one currently available up to
7 November.
When asked what the Met Office forecast could be for winter, he said: "We
expect temperatures to drop in winter".

He went on to add:

We prefer quality over quantity

But I think in this instance they failed on both counts.

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