Weather forecastes

[Alan Clifford]

It's gone 6 o'clock on Thurday evening. Met. office forcaste for tomorrow shows 10% probability of rain at 10 am up until 13:00. BBC shows 88% rising to 95% at 11 am.

How can I decide to play golf tomorrow? I guess I'll just look out of the window tomorrow morning.

 

[BubbaP]

Would go met over bbc in a blink.

Or go for a decider, xcweather or netweather

 

[Imurg]

Would go met over bbc in a blink.

Or go for a decider, xcweather or netweather

Trouble is all 4 can be different.?

 

[BubbaP]

Trouble is all 4 can be different.?

Almost a given ?
But you can usually find one to align with the outcome you are looking for... ?

 

[Mel Smooth]

BBC are probably afraid of upsetting ginger haired people if they forecast sunny weather. Ignore them. ;-)

 

[Imurg]

Almost a given ?
But you can usually find one to align with the outcome you are looking for... ?

Well I'm looking for no rain or thunder tomorrow morning and I'm not seeing it......

 

[BubbaP]

Well I'm looking for no rain or thunder tomorrow morning and I'm not seeing it......

What, you have alignment?
Note it down, tomorrow may be the day the forecasts are correct! ?

 

[Pants]

Never plan your golf based on weather forecasts - you would rarely play if you did.

 

[jim8flog]

It's going to be black tomorrow Martha.

 

[Barking_Mad]

It's gone 6 o'clock on Thurday evening. Met. office forcaste for tomorrow shows 10% probability of rain at 10 am up until 13:00. BBC shows 88% rising to 95% at 11 am.

How can I decide to play golf tomorrow? I guess I'll just look out of the window tomorrow morning.

Had the same, but thankfully wasn't playing. Crazy how they could be so different. BBC via Meteo were correct, but even they didn't have it still raining at 7pm.

 

[Deleted member 23270]

I thought the BBC got their forecasts from the Met Office

 

[BubbaP]

I thought the BBC got their forecasts from the Met Office

Time flies! ??

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-down-and-their-bad-weather-app-10469783.html

 

[fundy]

We had a severe weather warning this morning at 8am to cover 9am to 2pm today for Lightening and Thunder.

Wouldve been really helpful if the storm hadnt hit at just after 6.30am and had long since passed through!!!!

 

[fundy]

It's gone 6 o'clock on Thurday evening. Met. office forcaste for tomorrow shows 10% probability of rain at 10 am up until 13:00. BBC shows 88% rising to 95% at 11 am.

How can I decide to play golf tomorrow? I guess I'll just look out of the window tomorrow morning.

look at the rain radar an hour before youre due to tee off

 

[cliveb]

Would go met over bbc in a blink.

Are you kidding?
The Met Office is based in Exeter.
I live 12 miles from Exeter, and the Met Office forecast here is rarely right.
If they can't even get it ok in their own backyard, it hardly fills me with confidence.

 

[BubbaP]

Are you kidding?
The Met Office is based in Exeter.
I live 12 miles from Exeter, and the Met Office forecast here is rarely right.
If they can't even get it ok in their own backyard, it hardly fills me with confidence.

? comment was based on how poor the beeb forecast seems (to me), round here reckon the met is a step up to "fair to middling"

 

[cliveb]

? comment was based on how poor the beeb forecast seems (to me), round here reckon the met is a step up to "fair to middling"

I'll admit my comment was a bit tongue in cheek.
Weather in the South West is notoriously difficult to predict. We're basically a peninsula sticking out into the Atlantic, and the prevailing weather fronts can veer any way at random.

 

[Deleted member 23270]

Time flies! ??

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-down-and-their-bad-weather-app-10469783.html

Every day is a school day!

 

[hacker_al]

I find Accuweather to be pretty good

 

[KenL]

I thought the BBC got their forecasts from the Met Office

They are often very different so who knows.