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"Moonraker" wrote in message ... The problem with these "worst than" or "hottest" etc is where they measure it, probably London as everything is centred there. However there are large variations over the country, small though it is, which is why forecasting can be so hit and miss. I have often listened to the forecast, found it wrong, driven a few miles away and there is the forecast weather. The UK is not a small country. London is closer to Geneva than it is to where I live. When I drive to London and cross the border at Gretna, I am more than halfway to my destination and the UK mainland extends a further 100 miles north of me. The Met. Office have no conception of the geography of this part of the UK and only rarely have any knowledge of current weather conditions - accurate forecasts are hardly ever given. Much more accurate forecasts for this area are given by the Norwegian Met. Office. Phil Northern Highlands of Scotland |
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Phil Gurr wrote: "Moonraker" wrote in message ... The problem with these "worst than" or "hottest" etc is where they measure it, probably London as everything is centred there. However there are large variations over the country, small though it is, which is why forecasting can be so hit and miss. I have often listened to the forecast, found it wrong, driven a few miles away and there is the forecast weather. The UK is not a small country. London is closer to Geneva than it is to where I live. When I drive to London and cross the border at Gretna, I am more than halfway to my destination and the UK mainland extends a further 100 miles north of me. The Met. Office have no conception of the geography of this part of the UK and only rarely have any knowledge of current weather conditions - accurate forecasts are hardly ever given. Much more accurate forecasts for this area are given by the Norwegian Met. Office. Actually, it IS a small country by global standards (though perhaps not by European ones). And, while it has more variation in climate per mile than most, it doesn't have all that much. The reason that it seems more is that we are so close to the limit of the habitable regions. However, your points about it being run by people who think that Potter's Bar is the northern outpost of civilisation are very true. The abominable new projection used for the BBC weather forecast shows their mindset all too clearly. Dammit, they regard Cambridge as being at the northern border of southern England. Last week I was walking in the Monadhliath mountains, but I know enough to know they are NOT in the north of Scotland! Most people I meet don't. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 7/13/2012 6:04 AM, Phil Gurr wrote:
The UK is not a small country. London is closer to Geneva than it is to where I live. When I drive to London and cross the border at Gretna, I am more than halfway to my destination and the UK mainland extends a further 100 miles north of me. The Met. Office have no conception of the geography of this part of the UK and only rarely have any knowledge of current weather conditions - accurate forecasts are hardly ever given. Much more accurate forecasts for this area are given by the Norwegian Met. Office. And the Met Office accuracy is even worse up the road from you, on the north coast. Phil Northern Highlands of Scotland |
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