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Duff weather forecasts.
The BBC and other websites' weather forecasts showed "light rain
showers" for today, so I went to work on my road bike. At 1930 it looked like the end of the world outside; torrential rain, lightning and 30 mph winds and it's pitch black even though the sun isn't due to set for another 2 hours. The roads are deep under water and I've no mudguards or jacket for the ride home - oh well! Come back Michael Fish. -- Simon M. |
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Duff weather forecasts.
At the risk of sounding like a right whinger, I find weather forecasts to be
worse than useless i.e you are better off ignoring them than trying to make decisions based upon them. It is their inconsistency that gets me - they seem to constantly contradict themselves. Even on the met office pages, the picture can say one thing and the text can say something completely different. Sorry, but I have given up on them. I just take my chances. Ian |
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Duff weather forecasts.
Simon Mason wrote:
The BBC and other websites' weather forecasts showed "light rain showers" for today, so I went to work on my road bike. At 1930 it looked like the end of the world outside; torrential rain, lightning and 30 mph winds and it's pitch black even though the sun isn't due to set for another 2 hours. The roads are deep under water and I've no mudguards or jacket for the ride home - oh well! Come back Michael Fish. I rode to the start of tonight's "10" near Cirencester in the heaviest rain I have ever seen. When I got there the marshals had decided conditions were too dangerous (50 yds visibility if you could bear to keep your eyes open, and floods) and cancelled it. Bit of an arse as there wasn't a breath of wind and it could have easily been the best time of the season. On the bright side, it stopped raining 15 minutes after I got back to race HQ. I wiped the bike down with a towel and it is sparkling clean, even the sprockets and chainrings - there wasn't a whole lot of oil left on the chain though. |
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Duff weather forecasts.
In om,
Simon Mason expounded sagaciously: The BBC and other websites' weather forecasts showed "light rain showers" for today, so I went to work on my road bike. At 1930 it looked like the end of the world outside; torrential rain, lightning and 30 mph winds and it's pitch black even though the sun isn't due to set for another 2 hours. The roads are deep under water and I've no mudguards or jacket for the ride home - oh well! Come back Michael Fish. -- Simon M. I think you'll find that it WAS michael who gave the forecast on telly last night. He's right, it IS nice weather for fish. -- Martin Bulmer Pie Conservation Threat |
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Duff weather forecasts.
Even on
the met office pages, the picture can say one thing and the text can say something completely different. The pictures are an average of the weather in that area over the timescale. Thus anything that has a mix of weather (e.g. sun + cloud) can mean pretty much anything. Thus it might rain even if there are no rain symbols on the map at all. Still, gotta feel sorry for the poor forecasters, trying to predict weather in Britain. |
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Duff weather forecasts.
Mark Thompson wrote in
3.157: Still, gotta feel sorry for the poor forecasters, trying to predict weather in Britain. S'funny, the forecasters here in Australia don't really have as much to talk about as they do in the UK as there is much less regional variation, but they do go on for a lot longer. The traditional view of the British is that they love to talk about the weather, but it's even worse over here. They give the maximum and minimum temperatures for about half a dozen places, all within about 30km radius of the centre of Perth and they even show a time-lapse shot over the river Swan so you can see what the weather has been like all day (summer=blue sky, winter=blue sky, maybe a few clouds). If you want to know the weather, look out of the window! :-) Graeme |
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Duff weather forecasts.
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:52:23 -0700, Simon Mason wrote:
The BBC and other websites' weather forecasts showed "light rain showers" for today, so I went to work on my road bike. Opposite for me. The TV forecasts were warning of the weather you were hit with. At 6pm it was looking threatening, with a few drops of rain. I thought sod it, and went out for a spin anyway. Glad I did - one and a half hours out on a good ride. It did rain heavily after I got back. |
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Duff weather forecasts.
Simon Mason said:
The BBC and other websites' weather forecasts showed "light rain showers" for today, so I went to work on my road bike. At 1930 it looked like the end of the world outside; torrential rain, lightning and 30 mph winds and it's pitch black even though the sun isn't due to set for another 2 hours. The roads are deep under water and I've no mudguards or jacket for the ride home - oh well! Come back Michael I was just about to leave work last night when the heavens opened. Being without a raincoat, I opted to stay put for a couple of hours... At least the weather is cool and fresh today. Regards, -david |
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Duff weather forecasts.
"Zog The Undeniable" wrote in message news:4100254f.0@entanet... I rode to the start of tonight's "10" near Cirencester in the heaviest rain I have ever seen. When I got there the marshals had decided conditions were too dangerous (50 yds visibility if you could bear to keep your eyes open, and floods) and cancelled it. Bit of an arse as there wasn't a breath of wind and it could have easily been the best time of the season. I was lucky. By 2200 it had stopped and there was a nice backwind :-) -- Simon M. |
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