Weather in the general media (Newspaper features etc)

[bryan629]

@ExpressNathan @JournalistEmily legend Rao will get a top send off worry ye not! Britain's weather will never be the same again or will it?

 

 

Finally!!! the trash has been put out......    

[Jo Farrow]

Nathan Rao: Today is my last day at the @Daily_Express so I give a heartfelt thank you to the World's Greatest for (just under) five wonderful years.

we could close this thread, yet I think it maybe a 'JUST when you thought it was safe to'....... moment

[Summer Sun]

Oh Daily Express, how you continue to make me laugh! This is Saturday's headline:

 

https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/495317412343209984/photo/1

 

Worst summer storms ever?! yeah right

[Summer Sun]

Tropical Storm Threatens UK's Sizzling Summer

 

A tropical storm heading along the US east coast could move across the Atlantic, threatening a dramatic break in the UK's sizzling summer weather. Hurricane Bertha, which has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, is expected to weaken as it heads towards Europe. But its winds of around 75 miles per hour have already caused destruction in Puerto Rico and the Bahamas. "We won't be seeing a 'hurricane in Europe', but there is a chance we could see a fairly active summer storm," said the Met Office in a blog. It adds: "While all forecast models suggest the storm will head in the general direction of UK and continental Europe, there remains a lot of uncertainty about exactly what it will do."

 

Meteorologists are currently studying forecast models before committing themselves to a definite outcome. Sky News weather presenter Isobel Lang said: "The Sky News Weather Team will be watching the track of this ex-hurricane very closely as it crosses the Atlantic. "The details are sure to change but the general picture through Sunday and into Monday is for a period of rain and strong winds with the risk of gales. "With RideLondon and other events taking place its worth keeping up to date with our catch-up service." The RideLondon event will see elite riders take to the streets on Saturday and on Sunday around 24,000 amateur cyclists will ride through London and Surrey on a similar route to that of the London 2012 Olympic Road Cycling Races.

 

The weekend also sees an number of music festivals around the country including Fairport's Cropredy Convention in Oxfordshire, Strawberry Fields Festival in Leicestershire and Bath Folk Festival. Lang adds: "Once the storm clears the weather looks set to turn rather autumnal and showery." It looks likely that the earliest Bertha would affect the UK would be on Sunday or into the start of next week. The Met Office said it will be keeping an eye on how this situation develops over the next few days "to give everyone in the UK the best advice on what Bertha is likely to do". It said: "Given the time of year and the potential heavy rain, strong winds and large waves Bertha could bring if it does head to the UK, we'd advise everyone to stay up to date with the latest forecasts and warnings from the Met Office over the next few days."

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1313268/tropical-storm-threatens-uks-sizzling-summer

[Skullzrulerz]

Will UK feel effect of storm Bertha?

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/28664090

 

As Typhoon Halong affects those in the western Pacific, Tropical Storm Bertha gathers strength in the Atlantic and has the potential to bring stormy weather to the UK this weekend.

[IanR]

never mind feeling the effect of bertha, is anyone feeling the effects of the jet stream BOILING us  

[Weather-history]

Sinking to new depths by Express

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/497171/Supermoon-triggers-end-of-world-Sunday

[Jax]

Sinking to new depths by Expresshttp://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/497171/Supermoon-triggers-end-of-world-Sunday

And as the tabloids sink to new depths they wonder why sales continue to fall.

[TonyH]

Damned! Thought Rao was leaving?

[Jax]

And after all that the rags published, we are still here!

 

Next week, Elvis seen driving an old routemaster on the dark side of the moon.

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Predictably the Daily Express are leading with "Arctic winds - mercury plunging....etc etc"

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/500518/Met-Office-BBC-Weather-Forecast-Summer-End-Arctic-Frost

[Summer Sun]

Oh dear the Express are off already

 

Icelandic volcano could trigger Britain's coldest winter EVER this year

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/502349/Iceland-ash-cloud-could-trigger-freezing-cold-winter-this-year-if-it-erupts

 

We know what tends to happen when the express say something the opposite happens

[Stationary Front]

I know the same 'journalist' on July 31st, reported that the Jet Stream was going to boil the UK during August creating the hottest August in 300 years. It's currently 15 Celsius as I type this at nearly 2 pm!!!!

[matty007]

I know the same 'journalist' on July 31st, reported that the Jet Stream was going to boil the UK during August creating the hottest August in 300 years. It's currently 15 Celsius as I type this at nearly 2 pm!!!!

 

There's no such thing as a 'boiling' Jet Stream. It either brings settled conditions when it's north, or unsettled when it's over us, or worst still - to the south. 

 

It's common sense that if the jetstream was hovering over us, as it is now, that'll it'll bring unsettled conditions. That's weather 101. Who ever wrote that article was talking absolute BS. 

[weatherguru14]

I just  get perplexed at how the express  claim to get their information  from

"weather experts"

Next headline... Sun to go red giant in 4 billion years..UK to have ice-age.. that's your expert for you..

[Summer Sun]

Express at it again

 

It's official, summer's over! Wind and rain as Hurricane Cristobal hurtles towards Britain

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/503569/UK-weather-forecast-Tropical-storm-Cristobal-to-hit-Britain

[Jo Farrow]

Express at it again

 

It's official, summer's over! Wind and rain as Hurricane Cristobal hurtles towards Britain

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/503569/UK-weather-forecast-Tropical-storm-Cristobal-to-hit-Britain

or Iceland, the country not the Shop, DE readers

[Dorsetbred]

Express at it again

 

It's official, summer's over! Wind and rain as Hurricane Cristobal hurtles towards Britain

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/503569/UK-weather-forecast-Tropical-storm-Cristobal-to-hit-Britain

How this paper continues to print such garbage is amazing. It totally contradicts itself,using sensationalism to attract attention, and then goes on to say:

"However it is going to be milder than it was last week, we could see temperatures of 22C (72F) at Heathrow on Thursday.

"For many places though Cristobal could bring some decent weather at the weekend by dragging high pressure towards the UK."

No wonder people treat this garbage as exactly that.....

[Gael_Force]

What an appalling hotch potch of inexactitudes and blatant disaster peddling.

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/502349/Iceland-ash-cloud-could-trigger-freezing-cold-winter-this-year-if-it-erupts

[bryan629]

What an appalling hotch potch of inexactitudes and blatant disaster peddling.

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/502349/Iceland-ash-cloud-could-trigger-freezing-cold-winter-this-year-if-it-erupt

 

News from Nathan in Iceland...apparently its going to get quite hot 

 

[knocker]

Dame Julia Slingo: the woman who reads the skies

The Met Office's chief scientist loves her job, despite the threat of maulings by the press

 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/aug/30/julia-slingo-the-woman-who-makes-the-weather?CMP=twt_gu

[Jo Farrow]

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/daniel-corbett-joins-one-weather-team-6069386

 

New Zealand - Daniel Corbett previously of BBC weather

[Weather-history]

I emailed the editor of the Express yesterday

To the editor of the Express

I am writing to you in the capacity of an amateur weather enthusiast, in why do you persist on putting on your front page, sensationalistic weather headlines which prove to be wrong or were way OTT? Why do you persist on taking the word of these so called "forecasters", when often they have been wrong?

The headline prediction of hottest August in 300 years was the latest embarrassment, it turned out to be in fact the coolest for 21 years.

If the Met Office had made this prediction, I would be in no doubt that you would have a front page panning the Met Office for this, yet you persist on going to the same private forecasters who have got it wrong time and time again.

Do you realise on amateur weather forums on the internet such as UKWeatherworld, Netweather, TheWeatherOutlook, which I post on regular that you are consider a joke of a newspaper? Don't take my word for it go and have look yourself.

Regards Kevin Bradshaw

No reply yet.

Edited September 3, 2014 by Weather-history

[IanR]

wasting your time, they  dont care if its right or wrong,  they do it because they know joe public are gullable and will read this stuff  and believe,  so they get more sales and therefore more £££££££££

[Polar Maritime]

Well put Kev, I would be surprised if they reply. They hear what they want to hear, And print what they want to print.. It's always been the same.