Sweet Schadenfreude
From the
London Times:
BBC forecast for Met Office: changeable
Buffeted by complaints about its inaccurate weather forecasts, the Met Office now faces being dumped by the BBC after almost 90 years.
The Met Office contract with the BBC expires in April and the broadcaster has begun talks with Metra, the national forecaster for New Zealand, as a possible alternative.
The BBC put the contract out to tender to ensure �best value for money�, but its timing coincides with a storm over the Met Office�s accuracy.
Last July the state-owned forecaster�s predictions for a �barbecue summer� turned into a washout. And its forecast for a mild winter attracted derision when temperatures recently plunged as low as -22C.
Last week the Met Office failed to predict heavy snowfall in the southeast that brought traffic to a standstill. This weekend a YouGov poll for The Sunday Times reveals that 74% of people believe its forecasts are generally inaccurate.
By contrast, many commercial rivals got their predictions for winter right. They benefit from weather forecasts produced by a panel of six different data providers, including the Met Office.
Time for the warmists to wake up and smell the cappuccino. How blind can people be to not see the contradictions in the Science. How blind can they be to blithely ignore the weather that is happening right in front of their faces...
Posted by DaveH at January 16, 2010 7:39 PM