The Daily Express Snow Forecast.
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Why is the Express so pre-occupied with false extreme UK weather forecasts ? From mid April onwards it is "standby for a BBQ scorching Summer" etc etc but their snow forecasts are even more exciting - UK to be smashed by snow bomb etc etc.
From mid October until March every day heralds a blizzard. This must be one of the mildest winters on record but the Express on Line today gives us :
"Snow WHITEOUT to hit Britain with "danger to life".
Yesterday we had :
"8 Days of snow forecast as SUBZERO freeze smashes Britain"
Most normal forecasts give us the same old story, wet and mild. OK its February so the Scottish hills/mountains may see snow but not the rest of us...
From mid October until March every day heralds a blizzard. This must be one of the mildest winters on record but the Express on Line today gives us :
"Snow WHITEOUT to hit Britain with "danger to life".
Yesterday we had :
"8 Days of snow forecast as SUBZERO freeze smashes Britain"
Most normal forecasts give us the same old story, wet and mild. OK its February so the Scottish hills/mountains may see snow but not the rest of us...
moffspeed said:
Why is the Express so pre-occupied with false extreme UK weather forecasts ?
If you look at the LinkedIn profile of the author of today's UK weather forecast: Snow WHITEOUT to hit Britain with ‘danger to life' warnings in place - (although the only substantive quote mentioning snow in the text is "“Over the mountains, we will certainly see a spell of snow which is not expected to be too disruptive. But some snow nonetheless.") - you'll see that the appropriately named Ms.Bull has been out of college for less than a year, and still cites four years as a Tesco Customer Assistant as part of her professional experience.Frankly, you get a higher quality of journalism in Viz.
I suspect in the old days of printed media, when there was a limit to the amount of crap you could fit into a single paper edition, the kids wouldn't get a sniff at a by-line before they'd been in the job for years, but with online media having no real limit as to capacity, and if you're a title that's in the business of pedaling alarmist cobblers anyway, why not let the little darlings try out their skills?
ChocolateFrog said:
Even the Met Office is prone to exaggerating. I'm sure they'd argue it's erring on the side of caution but unless it's a Red weather warning you know there's no real threat.
I use the Met office app on my phone, I seem to get weather warnings almost daily, for the most benign weather.It's the source of the weather that makes me laugh, north is Arctic blizards, south is sweltering Saharan heat, east is bitter Siberian wind and west is fierce Atlantic gales.
One of these days I will write my own weather stories about how we must BRACE ourselves for refreshing breezes from the sea, slight flurries of snow from the sky and extreme mildness from Holland.
One of these days I will write my own weather stories about how we must BRACE ourselves for refreshing breezes from the sea, slight flurries of snow from the sky and extreme mildness from Holland.
eccles said:
ChocolateFrog said:
Even the Met Office is prone to exaggerating. I'm sure they'd argue it's erring on the side of caution but unless it's a Red weather warning you know there's no real threat.
I use the Met office app on my phone, I seem to get weather warnings almost daily, for the most benign weather.You wanna get the Dark Sky
app. I got rid of it because it was so f. annoying. But somehow it's appeared back on my mobile (think my wife is mucking about with my phone again. She knows what riles me! 
Dark Sky boasts 'you'll never get caught in the rain again.'
Ha f
king ha ha. It tells you exactly the moment (ie the exact second almost!) when it's raining (whatever) exactly where I am at that point in time.
Example: It's goes 'bing' with message 'light rain now in ******** (where I am)'.
I already know, you prats, I just looked out the f window!
All weather forecasts today for Joe Public are pointless.
The majority come from the Met Office who use computer modelling. Probably why they are nearly always wrong!
Much easier, simpler to use your eyes and look at the sky (NOT Dark Sky!) - upwards and in the distance.
Clear sky, light wind... yeah, I don't need a brolly. Simples!
Sophisticated Sarah said:
They’re all at it in one way or another. Extreme articles entice buyers
Brexit/trump/schooling/putin/paedophiles/coronavirus/nkorea/climatechange/sport/roads/royals/capitalists/muslims/homeless/debt/diet and even weather, the news is mostly a parody today, I gave up on mainstream daily news years ago.
eccles said:
The Express seems to alternate between miracle drug cures Altzeimers/ cancer/arthritis etc and extreme weather warnings when it comes to front pages.
None of their predictions come true, and most have caveats in them like 'may' or 'could'.
Diseases that affect pensioners and weather that kills pensioners. None of their predictions come true, and most have caveats in them like 'may' or 'could'.
One wonders who their target market might be...
ChocolateFrog said:
Even the Met Office is prone to exaggerating. I'm sure they'd argue it's erring on the side of caution but unless it's a Red weather warning you know there's no real threat.
This might be why,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnxjZ-aFkjs
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