On 28/9/06 14:28, in article , "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:

In reply to Broadback ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

this is the most accurate weather forecast I have heard from the Met
Office: It may rain at times in places.

Weather forecasters, like doctors and solicitors, are a waste of space IMHO.

They can be as wrong as they like and get away with it. Someone suffers in
any event.

In my 'umble job, if I am wrong I will not be in my job any more, and that
is right and fair.

If I am not sure, I do nothing apart from to say I'm not sure and find out
more until I am sure then do the job.

I bet someone will argue, because they do :-)

I fancy an argument today, but not a serious one, I'm too tired.

To be fair, forecasting is a matter of interpretation as well as scientific
information, so it moves more into the 'art of', IMO. We consistently read
of how the west country is shrouded with rain and fog as we look out at a
blazing hot day and it makes us as mad as anyone else, I assure you. It
reminds me of the story of an earlier Lord Home who looked at the barometer
stuck firmly on 'Fair' and opened the window, chucking it out into the
hurtling rain saying "See for yourself you bloody thing"!
I do hope nobody is thinking that matters have deteriorated since the Met
office moved to Exeter! http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/
I happen to know we have a past weather forecaster who posts here sometimes
so let's be nice..... ;-)
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South Devon
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