Random Irritations

[Crazyface]

Weather forcastes..... again.

looked at the forcaste this morning for Nairn.. 90% rain all morning. looked at the webscam bright and sunny.. so went over, only 4 of us turned up due to the forecast, went out quite a nice morning an not so much as drop of rain all the way round.. we looked at the forcast for all the weather apps and all said the same... its was raining according to them

better off just looking out the window

I'm watching it like a hawk at the moment...for Sunday. one minute it's raining, next sunny, next rain, next....well you get the idea.

 

[patricks148]

In your part of Scotland do the Moray Firth and the mountains not create your own little micro-climate, and that could vary hugely from what's around?

it could.... but the same forecast was on 8 different weather forecast providers and apps, not to mention some even had radar of rain clouds supposedly heading straight over Nairn. was the same for the airport and part of Inverness so a 20 mile stretch of coast.. none of which arrived it was still saying 90% and still did right up until i last looked.

 

[Imurg]

All's well that ends well.
We've found out that these hoodies are going for double cost price on eBay so its listed and currently making him money..
Not so pissed off teenager in the house.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Weather forcastes..... again.

looked at the forcaste this morning for Nairn.. 90% rain all morning. looked at the webscam bright and sunny.. so went over, only 4 of us turned up due to the forecast, went out quite a nice morning an not so much as drop of rain all the way round.. we looked at the forcast for all the weather apps and all said the same... its was raining according to them

better off just looking out the window

Was explained to me by somebody who is very clever, in American their forecasts are spot on almost to the hour. This is entirely due to the ability of tracking weather / storms across the masses of land it has. Where as we are a tiny island and you can’t track weather well over sea.

 

[patricks148]

Was explained to me by somebody who is very clever, in American their forecasts are spot on almost to the hour. This is entirely due to the ability of tracking weather / storms across the masses of land it has. Where as we are a tiny island and you can’t track weather well over sea.

They may as well just say, it might be wet, but then again it might not

TV ceratinly make a big deal about forecasts, when in realaily its all guess work

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Was explained to me by somebody who is very clever, in American their forecasts are spot on almost to the hour. This is entirely due to the ability of tracking weather / storms across the masses of land it has. Where as we are a tiny island and you can’t track weather well over sea.

You can show how that theory works by looking at the weather apps that are generated by the US weather satellites and see how accurate they are with the weather in the UK - not that great. And he is spot on in regards the way the weather forms around the UK , it doesn’t take much because of the way the winds blow around the island. Met office used to have offices at some RAF ATC Towers and it’s quite good to see them assess the weather fronts.

As you say it’s easy across a big land mass

 

[Orikoru]

They may as well just say, it might be wet, but then again it might not

TV ceratinly make a big deal about forecasts, when in realaily its all guess work

One thing that annoys me, as a golfer checking the weather, is that when it's been hot and humid for a while they seem to start predicting thunderstorms at random intervals. They know there will be one eventually so if they say it enough times one time they'll be right. As you say, total guesswork. And not helpful for us golfers who tend to need to avoid thunderstorms.

 

[Crazyface]

Was explained to me by somebody who is very clever, in American their forecasts are spot on almost to the hour. This is entirely due to the ability of tracking weather / storms across the masses of land it has. Where as we are a tiny island and you can’t track weather well over sea.

Sounds a bit holly hocky to me. So over sea the weather can hide?

 

[Foxholer]

They may as well just say, it might be wet, but then again it might not

TV ceratinly make a big deal about forecasts, when in realaily its all guess work

That's why it's called a 'forecast'!

 

[Blue in Munich]

Was explained to me by somebody who is very clever, in American their forecasts are spot on almost to the hour. This is entirely due to the ability of tracking weather / storms across the masses of land it has. Where as we are a tiny island and you can’t track weather well over sea.

If you can’t track weather well across the sea, how come their forecasts are so accurate in Florida which is 90% surrounded by sea?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

They may as well just say, it might be wet, but then again it might not

TV ceratinly make a big deal about forecasts, when in realaily its all guess work

I was once told that UK weather forecasting is quite easy - two days out of three the weather tomorrow will be the same as today...

I am zero statistical evidence to support that neat little nugget.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

If you can’t track weather well across the sea, how come their forecasts are so accurate in Florida which is 90% surrounded by sea?

it's the Gulf Stream and we are an island - was what I learned in geography - and the fact that we have a big continental climate very close by.

 

[patricks148]

Radio 2. Firstly when it's school holidays pretty much every main daytime presenter is off too...what business would allow all it's major staff to be off at the same time? Gary whoever it is filling in for Ken Bruce totally ruined Popmaster this morning which irritated me more than the presenters on holiday irritation! Irritated from Cambs...

On a bright note, I thought at the time at least I'd be able to vent on here!

BBC radio presenters seem have more time off than school teachers,

 

[patricks148]

I was once told that UK weather forecasting is quite easy - two days out of three the weather tomorrow will be the same as today...

I am zero statistical evidence to support that neat little nugget.

could save a fortune off the BBC budgets by not showing any of the forecasts, be great for STV too, then i would have to put up with Gay Sean crapping on like he knows what he's on about

 

[MegaSteve]

I was once told that UK weather forecasting is quite easy - two days out of three the weather tomorrow will be the same as today...

I am zero statistical evidence to support that neat little nugget.

I suspect that will be as statistically correct as the supercomputer manages...

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Peter Odemwingie. Off all the people I met at the British Par 3 champs yesterday, he was so obnoxious. Very off with fans trying to get a picture or an autograph, seemed to have his own teaching pro/coach with him on the bag and the putting green and acted as the biggest "I am" when a lot of people were asking me who he was.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Peter Odemwingie. Off all the people I met at the British Par 3 champs yesterday, he was so obnoxious. Very off with fans trying to get a picture or an autograph, seemed to have his own teaching pro/coach with him on the bag and the putting green and acted as the biggest "I am" when a lot of people were asking me who he was.[/QUOTE)

Who the hell is Peter whatever his name is anyway

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Ex West Brom and Cardiif player. Played for Nigeria. Perhaps best known for trying to force a move to QPR and drove to their ground to push it through himself. Never happened

 

[Norrin Radd]

Ex West Brom and Cardiif player. Played for Nigeria. Perhaps best known for trying to force a move to QPR and drove to their ground to push it through himself. Never happened

Like I thought ......a nobody then

 

[Slime]

Why, what were you doing to do to it/them?

I was merely gardening, as it happens, too close to it's well hidden ground nest.