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#356090 - Mon Mar 08 2010 04:23 AM Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts
BagOfCrisps SJ'er with 5000+ posts Registered: Fri Sep 13 2002 Posts: 6413 Loc: London	Quote: Britain was in for a season of mildness, the Met Office announced, shortly before the coldest winter in 31 years. That followed the prediction of a barbecue summer that went on to leave the nation with some very soggy sausages. Now the Met Office is to abandon the seasonal forecasts that have brought it so much recent humiliation. While the move will be seen inevitably as a climbdown, the Met Office insists that it comes after widespread public polling over the past few months. “All our research shows that the public aren’t interested in seasonal weather forecasts, but they do want a monthly forecast, which we’ll be running on our website,” an official said. If they quite because of lack of success in their forecasting, we will soon be getting not much more than "what it will be doing in 10 minutes" forecasts. And that will be wrong too! Question: are forecasts better in some countries than others? And why? Is it the technology used, or something that makes the weather moe unpredictable? _________________________ That's a smashing blouse you've got on
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#356101 - Mon Mar 08 2010 06:51 AM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: BagOfCrisps]
JA SJ'er with 2000+ posts Registered: Sat Nov 24 2007 Posts: 2788 Loc: Tamworth, Australia	Global warming making the predictions less reliable? I dunno, just a thought. _________________________ "The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple." Oscar Wilde
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#356130 - Mon Mar 08 2010 11:09 AM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: JA]
quattro SJ'er with 500+ posts Registered: Thu Mar 04 2004 Posts: 692 Loc: sapporo	Originally Posted By: JA Global warming making the predictions less reliable? I dunno, just a thought. Global warming has been debunked. They just never got the message so there predictions were off. _________________________ I know what dude I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!
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#356166 - Mon Mar 08 2010 04:53 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: quattro]
Tubby Beaver SJ'er with 7500+ posts Registered: Mon Feb 09 2004 Posts: 7928 Loc: Fujisawa	The UK Met Office absolutley suck at predicting the weather......they couldn't predict the colour of their socks in the morning!! I reckon Chimps would be able to do a better job than the Muppets at the Met Office. Japan's weather predictions seem to be pretty damn good...the daily ones anyway. Often they'll say things like it'll be sunny till about 2pm and then it'll rain and lo and behold, around 2pm the clouds gather and the heavens open. _________________________ Tell Ben tae come ben, if Ben doesnae come ben, tell Ben that eh'll be ben tae bring Ben ben!
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#356168 - Mon Mar 08 2010 05:03 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: Tubby Beaver]
MikePow SJ'er with 1000+ posts Registered: Sat Oct 13 2007 Posts: 1030 Loc: Hirafu, Hokkaido	The Met Office forecasts for the Brecon Beacons National Park have been spot since September 2009.
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#356200 - Mon Mar 08 2010 06:14 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: MikePow]
Go Native SJ'er with 3000+ posts Registered: Fri Dec 30 2005 Posts: 3210 Loc: Kutchan	Originally Posted By: MikePow The Met Office forecasts for the Brecon Beacons National Park have been spot since September 2009.
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#356210 - Mon Mar 08 2010 07:16 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: Go Native]
MikePow SJ'er with 1000+ posts Registered: Sat Oct 13 2007 Posts: 1030 Loc: Hirafu, Hokkaido	No joking. They've been excellent. So too the Welsh weather on BBC media.
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#356256 - Tue Mar 09 2010 04:44 AM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: Tubby Beaver]
BagOfCrisps SJ'er with 5000+ posts Registered: Fri Sep 13 2002 Posts: 6413 Loc: London	Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver The UK Met Office absolutley suck at predicting the weather......they couldn't predict the colour of their socks in the morning!! I reckon Chimps would be able to do a better job than the Muppets at the Met Office. Japan's weather predictions seem to be pretty damn good...the daily ones anyway. Often they'll say things like it'll be sunny till about 2pm and then it'll rain and lo and behold, around 2pm the clouds gather and the heavens open. They control the weather, that's why. _________________________ That's a smashing blouse you've got on
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#356307 - Tue Mar 09 2010 11:50 AM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: BagOfCrisps]
thursday SJ'er with 15000+ posts Registered: Tue Jul 18 2006 Posts: 19664 Loc: 香港	how does one predict the colour of one's socks?
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#356308 - Tue Mar 09 2010 11:51 AM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: thursday]
thursday SJ'er with 15000+ posts Registered: Tue Jul 18 2006 Posts: 19664 Loc: 香港	I have white ones and black ones.
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#356592 - Wed Mar 10 2010 06:07 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: thursday]
rach SJ'er with 5000+ posts Registered: Fri Jan 25 2002 Posts: 5559 Loc: Kobe	When I am back in the UK the forecast always seems to be cloudy, with sunny period and showers. Or just heavy rain. They always seem to get that right, I think they just guess. They do get some stick though don't they. Good to hear that they have actually done a good job there Mike. _________________________ 20LEGEND
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#356594 - Wed Mar 10 2010 06:18 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: thursday]
Tubby Beaver SJ'er with 7500+ posts Registered: Mon Feb 09 2004 Posts: 7928 Loc: Fujisawa	Originally Posted By: thursday how does one predict the colour of one's socks? the same way you make any prediction, take a look at the facts and make an educated judgement on what you think its likely to be....so if your socks are only black & white then you have a 1 in 2 chance of a correct prediction right off the bat.....take into account your other clothes and make an educated guess _________________________ Tell Ben tae come ben, if Ben doesnae come ben, tell Ben that eh'll be ben tae bring Ben ben!
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#356596 - Wed Mar 10 2010 06:36 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: Tubby Beaver]
Black Mountain SJ'er with 750+ posts Registered: Wed Dec 17 2008 Posts: 884 Loc: Shizuoka	Mate, you've only got black and white socks? WTF?! How boring is that!
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#356802 - Fri Mar 12 2010 04:04 AM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: Black Mountain]
pie-eater SJ'er with 2000+ posts Registered: Thu Oct 09 2003 Posts: 2966 Loc: Wigan, UK > JAPAN	Bloody ace weather here though at the moment. Mr Weather seemsto be saying it might all be over soon. _________________________ Pies.
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#356952 - Sat Mar 13 2010 01:50 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: quattro]
Oyuki kigan SJ'er with 1000+ posts Registered: Sun Oct 03 2004 Posts: 1875 Loc: Nagano-ken, Japan	Originally Posted By: quattro Global warming has been debunked. They just never got the message so there predictions were off. News travels slowly to my parts. When and how did this happen? _________________________ humorless monk
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#356953 - Sat Mar 13 2010 01:51 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: Oyuki kigan]
Go Native SJ'er with 3000+ posts Registered: Fri Dec 30 2005 Posts: 3210 Loc: Kutchan	It didn't....
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#356954 - Sat Mar 13 2010 04:05 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: Go Native]
Mantas SJ'er with 3000+ posts Registered: Sun Jun 18 2006 Posts: 3008 Loc: Australia	The weather reports here are extremely accurate, but they usually go something like this. Tomorrow will be mostly fine and sunny with the chance of rain showers devoping through the day. Winds will be 5-25 knots from the SW-SE turning NE-NW during the day. Temperatures will be between 10 and 35 deg. _________________________ The older I get. The better I was.
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#356967 - Sat Mar 13 2010 06:16 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: Mantas]
grungy-gonads SJ'er with 7500+ posts Registered: Tue Jul 24 2001 Posts: 7522 Loc: Tokyo	I have also been known to predict earthquakes quite accurately. Here's my latest: There will be an earthquake of at least size magnitude 4.5 in eastern Japan before 30th July 2010. Please take all necessary precautions. _________________________ Hi girls, do you like my avatar?
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#356972 - Sat Mar 13 2010 06:59 PM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: grungy-gonads]
Black Mountain SJ'er with 750+ posts Registered: Wed Dec 17 2008 Posts: 884 Loc: Shizuoka	Sounds as accurate as my Saturday night predictions: High likelihood of several beers followed by a moderate chance of gin and tonic developing into either late night dancing or karaoke. Sunday morning activities will range between making coffee, rubbing temples and reading the paper through blurry eyes. Probability of afternoon napping remains high.
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#356983 - Sun Mar 14 2010 01:15 AM Re: Britain Met Office gives up on long-term weather forecasts [Re: Black Mountain]
SKI SJ'er with 1000+ posts Registered: Thu Oct 17 2002 Posts: 1834 Loc: Tokyo	gg tells his mum too so that no-one can claim he is making up his predictions _________________________ A sport, a thing, a yogurt
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