Tag Archives: Met Office

Weather swings and see-saws

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

The contrast of the current March weather to Spring last year could hardly be a greater swing (Daily Mail: What a difference a year makes: Mother’s Day daffodils delayed by the cold weather…) to the coldest March in 50 years … Continue reading →

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Masters of understatement

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

You might have heard we’ve had a bit of snow in the UK in the last few days. From the Daily Mail, (accompanied by impressive photos) The blockades have closed many roads in the area, while the M6 between Hackthorpe … Continue reading →

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Met Office Accuracy II

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

Guest Post by Charles Duncan An update to previous analysis and also this time looking at temperature. A few days ago I posted an analysis of the Met Office’s rainfall forecasts.  I realised after the event that I had used … Continue reading →

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Met Office: poor accuracy on predicted rainfall

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Guest post by Charles Duncan I have often claimed the Met Office is unable to forecast weather more than two or three days out. I like to have data to support my assertions, so I thought I would see how … Continue reading →

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‘Bet’ Office Forecasts

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

Guest post by Charles Duncan As Christopher Booker fittingly writes: There could be few more apt epitaphs for the year now ending than a recollection of the headlines in April that greeted a stark warning from the Environment Agency. Fuelled … Continue reading →

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The Rain Gain Refrain

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

Is the recent UK rain exceptional? Guest post by Charles Duncan [Update 31/12/12. Clarification added on final graph] Watching a Channel 4 programme about recent weather, and specifically the claimed increase in rainfall in the UK. Devon and Cornwall in … Continue reading →

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Where’s the heat? Try the Met Office

Posted on January 9, 2011 by

It is freezing and snowing again.  This is now the third spell of snow here this winter and it is barely the second week of January.  Once again, I am reminded of weather in the 1970s, when as a child … Continue reading →

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