Weather Forecast

[Mick F]

Still not got to minus 6 in Gunnislake though?

We had a smattering of snow coming down for some hours yesterday, and it's settled a tiny bit, but it's more like an icing sugar dusting. Most of what came down melted away.
+1degC last night, but there's rather a lot of wind-chill.

A30 north of Dartmoor was blocked last night I hear, but nowt to speak of here.

[thirdcrank]

It's been snowing hard for several hours here in South Leeds with a couple of inches settled and it's only beginning to ease off. Little traffic so nothing to clear the roads and even the A62 looked grim when I walked for my paper.

[Cyril Haearn]

Lovely crunchy snow near the Baltic, lovely colours black and grey yesterday
Melting fast under bright sunshine now

[Mistik-ka]

When we awoke yesterday the temperature was –19º here in Saskatchewan. We thought it was some sort of cosmic April Fools prank.

Apparently we were wrong — this morning it was –21º.

"Oh to be in England…"

[thirdcrank]

Well, it's stopped snowing here and it's pouring down. Cold enough for the rain not to have cleared this morning's snow.

On the bright side, tomorrow when I meet some other old codger who starts on about the Bank Holiday weather, they'll get my usual showstopper "I know some people in Canada ...... "

[Mick F]

Read this load of guff from the Met Office.
It actually says nothing.

[Cyril Haearn]

Read this load of guff from the Met Office.
It actually says nothing.

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That must have been written by a politrickian
Better just to use sun and rain symbols

[mig]

Read this load of guff from the Met Office.
It actually says nothing.

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"anything might happen"

[PDQ Mobile]

Read this load of guff from the Met Office.
It actually says nothing.

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That must have been written by a politrickian
Better just to use sun and rain symbols

The thing about "the weather" is that it is a huge, powerful, highly complex and yet chaotic system.
It is also subject to local topographic influences.
Sometimes it is fairly easy to predict for say 5 days or a week ahead or even exceptionally a fortnight(eg. large stable anticyclone).
However sometimes the various influences and air masses are finely balanced in their interactions and which way the balance tips is dependent upon butterflies beating their wings in high places!
That is, I think, the case at the moment and which way it will all go is hard to predict in the long term.
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Regarding the use of symbols instead of text.
I much prefer a simple written forecast than a lot of graphics. I feel, given a well written piece, that one gets a better forecast. It's quicker and conciser and uses far less data.

The piece in question could have been better written. I don't like the word "benign" for example, when "more settled" would be more fitting.
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There is always pressure to give a forecast, I guess, given our unending appetite for control but maybe, there is a once in a while situation that cannot be predicted with any certainty beyond say 4 or five days.

It would indeed be refreshing to see that impotence stated.
"The mixed conditions will continue until Sunday and after that we know less than the ducks"!

All IMHO.

[Mick F]

It would indeed be refreshing to see that impotence stated.
"The mixed conditions will continue until Sunday and after that we know less than the ducks"!

+1

There's absolutely no point in saying stuff that means nothing.
Far better to admit that they don't know. They don't have to say, "We don't know." but say something constructive and educational ........... not plain common or garden waffle.

[Vorpal]

It would indeed be refreshing to see that impotence stated.
"The mixed conditions will continue until Sunday and after that we know less than the ducks"!

+1

There's absolutely no point in saying stuff that means nothing.
Far better to admit that they don't know. They don't have to say, "We don't know." but say something constructive and educational ........... not plain common or garden waffle.

If you you look at yr.no for Oslo https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Oslo/Oslo/Oslo/long.html
On the long term forecast, they have little coloured triangles in the upper right corner of each day & parameter. The colour indicates how certain they are in the forecast. If it's green, it's unlikely to change. If it's yellow, it's is somewhat uncertain. If it's red, it's very uncertain & therefor likely to change.

It must be a Norwegian thing, though because they don't do that for forecasts in other countries.

[reohn2]

Read this load of guff from the Met Office.
It actually says nothing.

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Stop complaining Mick,it doesn't mention snow once!

[Mick F]

Snow?
Don't tempt them!

I like the idea of a Confidence Index.
Uk forecasts give the precipitation a percentage of possibility, so why not a confidence index for the general forecast?

Well done Norway!

[NATURAL ANKLING]

Hi,

It would indeed be refreshing to see that impotence stated.
"The mixed conditions will continue until Sunday and after that we know less than the ducks"!

+1

There's absolutely no point in saying stuff that means nothing.
Far better to admit that they don't know. They don't have to say, "We don't know." but say something constructive and educational ........... not plain common or garden waffle.

Its not all black and white is it, 5days is best and then this time of year very changeable.

[Mike Sales]

Everyone complains about the weather, but noone does anything about it.