Weather thread 2010

[Rolf Harris]

My mate came back from 2007 and met me in the pub. It was like talking to 'Nam vet returning from the jungle - he was genuinely shaken up, took him a while to talk about his experiences...

[Tenner Huey]

According to oil industry predictions (a lot more accurate then the MET), it will stay cold until ~first week of June and then warm up rapidly.

[Tenner Huey]

The system used by the oil industry requires a sophistcated anaylsis of a collection of forecasting medium from around the world to bring together a reliable and stable forecast.

The met office however have a bit of wet seaweed, some fir cones and an old dear with a dodgy knee who can feel it in her bones.

[bamber]

[rant] The UK Met office is part of the Military. It is funded by general taxation. However it also presents itself as as actively seeking commercial enterprise, with a stated aim of turning a profit. This is F**ked up. Science that is done for the common good, funded by all tax payers, should not be for sale. Hundreds of years of theory and data that has already been paid for should not be for sale to the highest bidder. [/rantover]

[Tenner Huey]

If you're going to "rant" at least be right. The Met Office is a trading fund, ie it has to create its own turnover or it will no longer be able to exist. About a third of its funding comes from the MOD. Labour considered privatising it, investigated the idea more than once and came to the conclusion that the benefits, both financial and otherwise that it brings to the UK far outweigh any "saving" that would be made by flogging it.

An independent report from 2007 showed that for every £1.40 of public money invested in the Met Office's public weather service alone, they returned £10 in savings to the taxpayer.

[Lucanesque]

[rant] The UK Met office is part of the Military. It is funded by general taxation. However it also presents itself as as actively seeking commercial enterprise, with a stated aim of turning a profit. This is F**ked up. Science that is done for the common good, funded by all tax payers, should not be for sale. Hundreds of years of theory and data that has already been paid for should not be for sale to the highest bidder. [/rantover]

[Reilly1912]

is this really what the weather thread has come to? i miss the NO RAIN NO COMPROMISE chanting.

[Tenner Huey]

yeah that was much more constructive and worthwhile

[Reilly1912]

Nibble Nibble

[al_coholic]

Its raining at the moment at Worthy Farm

Less hope its gets it over and done with before June

[slipmatt]

Wicked! I just found out it will be dry for the week of Glasto! Woooooohooooooo!

You know why?

Cos I just proposed to my girly and it's all gonna be sunshine as that's where we're celebrating it!

[Lucanesque]

Wicked! I just found out it will be dry for the week of Glasto! Woooooohooooooo!

You know why?

Cos I just proposed to my girly and it's all gonna be sunshine as that's where we're celebrating it!

[chief_scrutter]

i applaud your dedication to the cause. getting hitched just so we can all have sunshine. well done that man!!

[smudger]

Congrats

But sadly MetCheck is not looking that positive at the moment. They say:

From 18 Jun To 27 Jun

The third and final wave of the 'European Summer Monsoon' brings more wet and windy weather to the UK with further heavy showers.

Confidence: 77%

Boo

[Lucanesque]

they say exactly that every year!

[jezzer]

Here's hoping!

[devonhammer]

they say exactly that every year!

[Josepipe]

Erm, this thread appears to be on page 4. Yet it's a beautiful, sunny day. The kind that makes you want the next 5 weeks 4 days to fly by in the blink of an eye.

I'd love a scorcher this year, although i'd probably settle for a repeat of 08 and 09.

[4AssedMonkey]

Yeah, gorgeous today. This is what we want. Blue skies, all blue skies all the time.

And in support of this, I think you should change your login name to "Josepipe Ban".

[Josepipe]

Yeah, gorgeous today. This is what we want. Blue skies, all blue skies all the time.

And in support of this, I think you should change your login name to "Josepipe Ban".

[Niblet]

Weather like 2002 or 2003 would be good enough for me, we all hope for the return of a '95 but I'm not greedy!

[muddyslingbax]

Wicked! I just found out it will be dry for the week of Glasto! Woooooohooooooo!

You know why?

Cos I just proposed to my girly and it's all gonna be sunshine as that's where we're celebrating it!

[muddyslingbax]

we MUST be due a hot dry one surely?

[4AssedMonkey]

Yes we are. And it's going to happen. Yes it is. End of.

[Aragorn]

will be asking my friends over at net-weather soon to start the annual glasto weather daily predicted forecast