BBC Weather Vs. Any Other

[Lerom]

As anyone visited these sites before?


Met Office: British Isles: Rainfall radar

Meteo Weather Meteox.co.uk - Weather - European rainfall radar





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[Jason Green]

Thanks, the first is a new one for Favourites

[shei111]

We are always promised rain on all forecasts but we never seem to get much, ive had to water the garden since may its that dry , I dont know how they can say nearly every nite (theres a possilble chance of a shower tomomrow), well where is the rain then? shei

[James M]

Originally Posted by shei111

We are always promised rain on all forecasts but we never seem to get much, ive had to water the garden since may its that dry , I dont know how they can say nearly every nite (theres a possilble chance of a shower tomomrow), well where is the rain then? shei

In terms of showers they might not be wrong as they can be very hit and miss, but when frontal systems cross the uk quite often they can die out before reaching the SE.

[Shadowstar]

Why is it with the ever increasing computing power and sophistication, all forecasts seem less accurate than years back? I'm afraid the long-term doom and gloom predictions of a long and bitterly cold winter (with heavy snowfalls etc) are meaningless - and laughable - when 5-day forecasts are way off the mark.
For a 24-48 hr local forecast I rely on my own station's readings and simply reading and interpreting the sky.

[Digit]

I live a couple of miles from the coast and the only reliable method is to look out of the window!
Mind you one local has a barometer he swears by, it's a length of string!

If it's damp... it's raining.
If it's dry... it's not raining.
If it's moving... it's windy.
If it isn't moving... it's calm.
If it's horizontal... it's very windy.
If you can't see it... it's dark!

Swears by it!

Roy.

[Chukie]

Most of the time I use the web for my weather reports the main one being metcheck seems quite good

[Jim Ford]

No competition - Chanel 5.

Well O.K., maybe Lara Lewington does has something to do with my choice!
;^)

Jim

[Jason Green]

^ LOL.

Try the new Weather Beta on BBC Weather | United Kingdom and in particular the slider, as it takes you graphically through the next few hours, then day-on-day up to five days ahead. It's the demonstration of overhead cloud and on-setting rain that I like about the BBC's weather, and this website version in very impressive in my mind!!!