Of weather radar & forecasts

[Biker 1]

This may constitute a rant, & possibly in the wrong forum, BUT, I'm extremely grumpy right now:

The nice lady on the weather forecast last night said it would be dry, but a bit cloudy this morning in SE England. The BBC weather app agrees, so does the Met Office local weather forecast.
I am a fair weather rider, & was looking forward to a couples hours ride this morning down to the seaside & back. But I look at the weather radar & out the window & it is fking pissing it down, with no sign of letting up anytime soon
This seems to happen with monotonous regularity, usually in summer....
I read somewhere they spent £100,000,000 on a new weather super-computer, so how do they get it quite so wrong?? Any meteorologists on PH could shed some light on it?

Cue 'Southern softy' comments etc...

[Biker 1]

Well.... after pacing around the house like a VERY grumpy caged animal, the missus more or less shoved me out the door at 11.30, with the words: 'its totally dry outside, don't believe the radar, it'll stay dry all afternoon'. What could possibly go wrong? 15 minutes up the road & the heavens opened for a good 10 minutes!!!
Oh, & I only bothered with summer mesh jacket & jeans, so it felt like I was being jetwashed. I carried on for another half hour in an attempt to air dry myself, but ended up decidedly fking freezing.

I guess I'll never learn & the British weather will never be truly predictable.....

[Biker 1]

JulianHJ said:

I find keeping an eye on www.raintoday.co.uk is a pretty reliable indicator of if/when I'll need to get the waterproofs on.

Err... That's exactly what I used. FFS....