Hackles rise over weather forecasts
- Tue, 2 Feb 2010
- Comments (3)
In PBO's March issue, on sale this Thursday, 4th February, editor Sarah Norbury asks whether the MCA and, by association, UK taxpayers, get value for money from the Met Office's forecasts. For those who missed the article from December's issue, Weather Forecasts, Can You Rely on Them? we've put it on our website for you to download for free. Click the link.
Tony Graham,
February 04 21:19
Certainly a forecast is better than none, however very often on our round Britain Wayfarer sail the forecasts were well in error.I might add that by certain remote parts of our coastline Radio 4 Longwave was the only forecast available (ie no mobile phone coverage,no ,marine VHF, and on small boats Navtex is a non-starter. BBC R4 is all there was....better than nothing!! Tony Graham.