Why is BBC weather always wrong???

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Forecast for my area when I checked 11pm last night (and actually it still says it right now) - warm and sunny all morning. Storms late (4pm) afternoon.

8am. Cat going mad as he's frightened by the thunder and lightning.

...bet they'll chance the forecast and then say they told us so.

I know accurate local forecasts must be extremely difficult. I also know the BBC is trying to save large quantities of money and that whole departments are being shut down if not seen to be offering something unique. So, kill off the BBC weather. It's totally unnecessary and done so much better by others.

[speedchick]

Well they did give a predictive temp of 232 for Windsor the other day!

[Puggit]

It's all done by computer these days, the sense has been taken out of the system.

Lets get back to the days of McAskill and Fish - they only got it wrong once...

[Andy M]

Try: http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/

[Eric Mc]

They didn't get the nature of the weather wrong today - just its timing.

By and large, they DON'T get it very wrong. And, of course, the weather is not actually "forecast" by the BBC, it is forecast by the Met Office.
The BBC (as the other media do) take their data from them.

Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 31st August 10:03

[littlegreenfairy]

Thunderstorms are forecast up this way, and it looks like they are going to be bigguns if this haze is anything to go by.

[central]

Eric Mc said:

And, of course, the weather is not actually "forecast" by the BBC, it is forecast by the Met Office

Correct.

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central said:

Eric Mc said:

And, of course, the weather is not actually "forecast" by the BBC, it is forecast by the Met Office

Correct.

Is it then analysed by someone as the BBC and Met Office can often be wildly different

[bobt]

central said:

Eric Mc said:

And, of course, the weather is not actually "forecast" by the BBC, it is forecast by the Met Office

Correct.

No, but the BBC are in fact the retailer of the weather forecast (yes you pay with your licence fee), and hence if they sell you a product that is not fit for purpose, then you can take it back to them and get your money back or a replacement or something

[pgilc1]

I was always told it was because of the size of the island we're on - whereas in the states they can say there'll be a heavy shower @ 14:00 lasting about an hour...

[anonymous-user]

Eric Mc said:

They didn't get the nature of the weather wrong today - just its timing.

By and large, they DON'T get it very wrong. And, of course, the weather is not actually "forecast" by the BBC, it is forecast by the Met Office.
The BBC (as the other media do) take their data from them.

True Eric but people prefer to blame the telly for what they incorrectly think is wrong. Blaming the met office just isn't as satisfying.

I don't know why people get surprised by rainfall or thunderstorms when you can watch it all rolling in from miles away with online storm tracking and surface based weather radar for rainfall.

Eric I expect you are a keen amateur weather forecaster, do you have your own equipment?

Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 31st August 10:24

[Eric Mc]

bobt said:

central said:

Eric Mc said:

And, of course, the weather is not actually "forecast" by the BBC, it is forecast by the Met Office

Correct.

No, but the BBC are in fact the retailer of the weather forecast (yes you pay with your licence fee), and hence if they sell you a product that is not fit for purpose, then you can take it back to them and get your money back or a replacement or something

Aren't there weather forecasts on ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky News too?

No one ever complains about their "delivery" of Met Office's data. Is that perhaps because their forecasts aren't as detailed or as extensive as the one's broadcast on the Beeb?

[Eric Mc]

El stovey said:

Eric Mc said:

They didn't get the nature of the weather wrong today - just its timing.

By and large, they DON'T get it very wrong. And, of course, the weather is not actually "forecast" by the BBC, it is forecast by the Met Office.
The BBC (as the other media do) take their data from them.

True Eric but people prefer to blame the telly for what they incorrectly think is wrong. Blaming the met office just isn't as satisfying.

I don't know why people get surprised by rainfall or thunderstorms when you can watch it all rolling in from miles away with online storm tracking and surface based weather radar for rainfall.

Eric I expect you are a keen amateur weather forecaster, do you have your own equipment?

Edited by El stovey on Sunday 31st August 10:24

Nope. But I did learn how to interpret synoptic weather charts when I was in school and can usually work out what's going to happen by just looking at isobar diagrams and maps.

[Cpn Jack Spanner]

The BBC weather forecast is usually only wrong when you do something stupid like rely on it.

[Eric Mc]

My basic weather rule is - announce to the world at least two weeks in advance that you are going to have a barbeque, and rain will be gusranteed for that day.

It never fails.

(Guess where I am supposed to be at lunchtime today )

[Sim89]

Cpn Jack Spanner said:

The BBC weather forecast is usually only wrong when you do something stupid like rely on it.

Yup, its always wrong in the worst way too, I.e States sunshine and then it rains, never the other way round!