Weather in the general media (Newspaper features etc)

[seaside 60]

Lol a very good article.

However its a real shame that these "forecasters" dont brave the real world and not the one on a computer.

To actually explain how they and why make these fairy tale forecasts and why they bother ( apart from likes and hits) and its a shame they cant be pulled, fined and imprisoned.

[Jo Farrow]

20 hours ago, seaside 60 said:

Lol a very good article.

However its a real shame that these "forecasters" dont brave the real world and not the one on a computer.

To actually explain how they and why make these fairy tale forecasts and why they bother ( apart from likes and hits) and its a shame they cant be pulled, fined and imprisoned.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/9010030/South-Africa-weather-forecasters-threatened-with-jail-if-predictions-wrong.html

and

http://www.nbcnews.com/pages/weathermen  My friend was in the MMU mobile met unit and went to Kabul, the weather office was trashed. #Sorcerers 

 

[seaside 60]

To be honest the over the top scare mongering that comes out of some papers not just every now and again needs to be roped in by laws.
A forecast that goes wrong is how the weather is, but maybe the laws should fine the papers as opposed to the people writing the stupid forecasts.

Stories like the hottest ever spring when spring finishes in 2 weeks or less is just mind blowing.

[seaside 60]

3 hours ago, Jo Farrow said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/9010030/South-Africa-weather-forecasters-threatened-with-jail-if-predictions-wrong.html

and

http://www.nbcnews.com/pages/weathermen  My friend was in the MMU mobile met unit and went to Kabul, the weather office was trashed. #Sorcerers 

 

Thanks for those links Jo very interesting.

[weatherguru14]

Ten days away from the hottest summer in 100 years??. well 9 now that was yesterdays headline...It would be going some to beat 1983 2006 etc.. so basically lying once more..

[Summer Sun]

Britain is just 10 days away from enjoying the hottest summer in a CENTURY

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/7166185/Britain-is-just-10-days-away-from-the-hottest-summer-in-a-CENTURY.html?CMP=spklr-_-Editorial-_-TWITTER-_-TheSunNewspaper-_-20160522-_-News-_-474664815-_-Imageandlink

[Fourty Point Three Degrees]

8 days to go until the great british heatwave arrives!!!   *** REACHES FOR AND DUSTS DOWN THE ELECTRIC FAN ***

[markyo]

29 minutes ago, 40*C said:

8 days to go until the great british heatwave arrives!!!   *** REACHES FOR AND DUSTS DOWN THE ELECTRIC FAN ***

Well i'm safe then,with headlines like that it'll be snowing in 8 days no doubt.

[Summer Sun]

Hottest summer in 100 years: Brits set to bake in record-breaking temperatures of 38.5C

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/517232/UK-Britain-heatwave-hottest-summer-bikini-body-beach-weather-forecast-prediction

[Methuselah]

Britain will be hot enough to melt lead, say anonymous experts! Hang on, didn't they say that last year?

[lassie23]

5 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

Britain will be hot enough to melt lead, say anonymous experts! Hang on, didn't they say that last year?

Think they meant lard.

[Methuselah]

10 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

Think they meant lard.

Well, since the 'extremely far-right' look like winning an election in Austria - who knows what'll find its way into the candles of the future?

Edited May 22, 2016 by Ed Stone

[Dami]

They should change '100 days of snow' to '100 minutes of summer'

And that would still be a mockery of a forecast.

'bedford gets biggest thunderstorm to date'

*fired*

[Weather-history]

 

 

Starts to night on BBC 4 at 9pm. 3 part series on the history of weather forecasting

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cvg9p

[Summer Sun]

BANK HOLIDAY SCORCHER: Hottest summer in more than a CENTURY to kick off THIS weekend

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/673710/Weather-UK-Bank-Holiday-hot-summer-scorcher-sunshine-sunny

Taps aff: Scotland set for the hottest summer in 40 years as weather system signals three months of sunshine

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/taps-aff-scotland-set-hottest-8042930#m6xVGWz2cshKKmpi.97

[Methuselah]

1 minute ago, Summer Sun said:

BANK HOLIDAY SCORCHER: Hottest summer in more than a CENTURY to kick off THIS weekend

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/673710/Weather-UK-Bank-Holiday-hot-summer-scorcher-sunshine-sunny

Taps aff: Scotland set for the hottest summer in 40 years as weather system signals three months of sunshine

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/taps-aff-scotland-set-hottest-8042930#m6xVGWz2cshKKmpi.97

[lassie23]

29 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

BANK HOLIDAY SCORCHER: Hottest summer in more than a CENTURY to kick off THIS weekend

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/673710/Weather-UK-Bank-Holiday-hot-summer-scorcher-sunshine-sunny

Taps aff: Scotland set for the hottest summer in 40 years as weather system signals three months of sunshine

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/taps-aff-scotland-set-hottest-8042930#m6xVGWz2cshKKmpi.97

Research has shown that weather related front pages actually increase the sales of this ..ahem....'newspaper.' No idea why, as none of their predictions have been correct, I guess readers have short memories. But the headlines have to be attention grabbing, which for the Express means misquoting everyone and to be quite frank, making stuff up and using dubious sources for their weather stories allegedly, let's face it, a realistic headline of Possible Drizzle Ahead This Weekend, will not boost sales.

[seaside 60]

Mmmm temps of 19c, what a scorcher......

[Summer Sun]

Brits set to bake in 27C this weekend as summer heatwave FINALLY arrives

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/520461/weekend-summer-heatwave-Britain-weather-forecast-UK-flash-floods-high-winds-country

UK weather: Temperatures set to soar to 27C this weekend as summer finally arrives

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-temperatures-set-soar-8107448

[Summer Sun]

HOTTEST SUMMER EVER on the way? Major HEATWAVE to roast Britain within a FORTNIGHT

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/676631/Weather-UK-forecast-June-hot-summer-heatwave-sunshine

[Kiwi]

5 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

HOTTEST SUMMER EVER on the way? Major HEATWAVE to roast Britain within a FORTNIGHT

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/676631/Weather-UK-forecast-June-hot-summer-heatwave-sunshine

Good to get a "heads up" from our Nathan.

time to dig out my winter wardrobe and prep the flood defences then.

[Jo Farrow]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/679092/month-rain-one-day-tomorrow-British-summer-weather?

Nice cut and paste by N.Rao on a weekend, issued Sunday, really confusing "today Monday, Sunday " going on

Nice work if you can get it

 

No mention of who said month's worth of rain in one day,  

[mb018538]

Mr Nathan Rao is at it again:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/681249/Summer-weather-UK-tropical-blast-temperature-rising-28C-heatwave

28c? I don't remember anyone forecasting that. Their good friend James Madden is also chucked in and quoted for good measure:

James Madden, forecaster for Exacta Weather, said sun-starved Britons can look forward to the hottest spell the year so far.

He said: “Many models are becoming more consistent with a pattern change to dominant high pressure into the final third of the June that will bring a surge in temperatures.

Be warned however this drastic change in temperature could trigger storms later in the week

“All in all, we are now only days away from our next heat wave that is likely to bring the hottest temperatures of the year.”

Oh dear, oh dear. How does this clown get into any newspaper? I know the Express is only really good for starting a fire, but come on...

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Apparently, there's a scare story doing the rounds that says that the NH polar jet has moved to the Southern Hemisphere, and that this will bring about fire, brimstone and plague...or something.  Fortunately, some media outlets are doing their job:

http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/01/everyones-panicking-about-a-global-climate-emergency-5979765/

[BornFromTheVoid]

15 hours ago, chrisbell-nottheweatherman said:

Apparently, there's a scare story doing the rounds that says that the NH polar jet has moved to the Southern Hemisphere, and that this will bring about fire, brimstone and plague...or something.  Fortunately, some media outlets are doing their job:

http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/01/everyones-panicking-about-a-global-climate-emergency-5979765/

It was propagated by 2 climate bloggers, neither of whom are experts (clearly), who are known for blowing things out of proportion on occasion.
One of those occasions where people too eager to "inform" the world of the dangers of climate change jump the gun and ultimately end up justifying the term "alarmist". Thankfully they were debunked by some actual experts.

They got things so wrong it's actually quite funny.