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- 981010 The birth of weather
forecasting Probably the most important
storm in the history of British meteorology happened during the month of
October. No, not THAT one.
- 990213 The windchill
factor I have a confession to make.
The windchill temperature, that ghastly
invention which scars the weather forecasts on radio and TV, was first
used
- 990320 Forecasts on the Internet Old country weather lore –
rhymes, proverbs, and similar nuggets of wisdom – was until comparatively
recently the chief method of passing
- 990522 When forecasts go wrong Weather forecasters in the UK are still dogged by the memory
of that storm back in ’87. The damage
to our collective reputation was
- 990529 Forecasting rain in Wales The man on the radio, setting the scene for the
Queen’s visit to Cardiff, was worried that rain was
going to spoil the imminent royal
- 990710 Weather forecast regions The Queen’s decision to revive the earldom of
Wessex for Prince Edward should mean that we all now know where Wessex is,
and as
- 000115 What does ‘average’ mean? “Average” is one of the most sloppily used words
in weather forecasts. One of the problems is that the correct use of
statistical terms might
- 000219 Private sector versus the Met Office “Snow Wars!” shrieked the
tabloid headline. It was two decades ago, on February 5, 1985, to be precise, and it marked a
- 010217 The Jet Stream in weather forecasts Although the weather has been called "the great
British obsession", you only have to compare the coverage in
newspapers and
- 010310 Weather forecasting at sea "Pass the Bretschneider,
please!" The call must have
echoed across hundreds of weather-forecasting offices down the years. But
only a
- 010616 Forecasting during the Gulf War Over ten years
ago the Gulf War was fought to liberate Kuwait which had been
invaded and annexed by Iraq in early August
1990. Air
- 020713 The language of
forecasts Weather
forecasters and the recipients of their predictions often talk at cross
purposes. Take the word 'fine', for instance. To most of us
- 020809 Humidity
in forecasts "This afternoon will be very warm and sultry
again, with relative humidity of 55 to 60 per cent …" Such a weather forecast would satisfy a
small
- 030301 What’s a forecasting office
like? Weather
forecasting has changed completely in the last 50 years,, not just in the
accuracy of the predictions, but also in the working
- 030817 Forecasting for inner cities The fact that human beings have succeeded, unwittingly,
in modifying the climate of urban areas has long been known. Luke Howard
- 030906 Hot words in forecasts How hot is hot? Have you ever listened to a weather
forecast and found yourself disagreeing strongly with the forecaster?
Maybe his
- 040221 Forecasting waves Sea conditions are the product of the behaviour of the wind, not just in the immediate
vicinity, but also at a distance – sometimes a great
- 980621 Forecasting showers Sometimes it is easier to forecast the weather
five days ahead than it is to say what’s going to happen in five hours’
time. Here is a perfect
- 981122 Predicting what
kind of winter it will be Can we tell what sort of winter is
coming? More than any other, that is the question I get asked from August
bank holiday
- 990613 Self-styled long-range forecasters get
it wrong Every spring you will find some
self-styled long-range forecaster predicting a summer of blistering
sunshine and
- 990830 Hurricane forecasts improve One of the most important advances in long-range
weather prediction in the last decade has been in the forecasting of
hurricanes,
- 000910 Disseminating disaster warnings Weather forecasting organisations
round the world are now pretty good at predicting those violent
atmospheric disturbances which
- 010624 The problems of forecasting cloud
cover One of the most
difficult problems that still exist in short-term weather forecasting at
the beginning of the 21st century is