warrenm2

Seems like the Met Office is saying its going to be great. With their record, you can pretty reliably predict the exact opposite, remember the last "barbecue summer", or mild winter?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weat...m-weather.html

Tidgy

that global warming that,,,,,, lol

alcazar

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Correct, their so-called long-range forecasts have been diametrically wrong these past three years.

Yet they want us to believe that they know what will happen to our climate in ten, fifteen, even twenty-five years.

These are the same smarmy b@stards that told us the Med coast would be desert and the UK south coast would be a Med climate by 2015........

f1_fan

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The Daly Express are more accurate weather forecasters then the Met Office

Tidgy

mmmmmm, not sure, they have been predicting the return of the ice age for the past 3 years,,,, lol

Martin2005

As per normal, you've completely failed to separate the newspaper spin from what the Met Office has actually stated!

“The probability UK mean temperatures will fall into our warmest category is between 20 per cent and 25 per cent. The probability it will fall into the coldest category is 10 per cent.

So I guess that means there's around a 65% temps will be close to average.

BTW I don't think the Met Office ever said any of the things you claim they said - that's just YOUR spin

DutchKev

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The forecast is just that - a guess. The most accurate way to tell what the weather is like is to stick your head out of the window!

alcazar

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Well SOMEONE did, at the time, twenty years ago, that's for sure.

We were hearing it ALL the time, and the MetOffice WERE involved.

Your belief, or lack of, changes nothing...it's just another "No it isn't" moment for you.

Martin2005

Prove it

alcazar

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Dis-prove it.

alcazar

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Here's just one for starters:

“Antarctica is likely to be the world's only habitable continent by the end of this century if global warming remains unchecked.”
Professor Sir David King, Government chief scientist;
The Independent, 2 May 2004.
(So much for scientific integrity in Britain!)

alcazar

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And another:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4091068.stm

jayallen

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There is no doubting spring has started nice and warm, well it has down here on the south coast.

Turbohot

Certainly true for North Wales as well. Yesterday was a let down, but generally more sunlight and warmer feel to the air.

Martin2005

Nice try but neither of these 'proof points' reference the Met Office.

So I'm guessing that given you have had to resort to a bbc gardening article from 05 (that doesn't once mention the Met Office) that you have the sum total of fukall as usual to back up your 'well reasoned argument', unless the Royal Hauticultural Society are an extremist left wing splinter group of the Met Office.

Now you want me to prove something they didn't say, how the **** am I supposed to do that?

alcazar

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Quick question, mastermind:

Where, in the UK, does everyone get climate info?

No prizes for the answer, btw

warrenm2

Backtracking already! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weat...-forecast.html

hodgy0_2

more anti knowledge, by fucto conspiritards

here is what the met actually say

"That hasn’t stopped speculation about heatwaves, the warmest summer ever and record temperatures in the media. Some stories cite our three month outlook for contingency planners as proof of the impending heatwave, but this is in no way an accurate reflection of what it shows.

What does the longer outlook show?

Our current three month outlook does show that above average temperatures are more likely than below average temperatures for the April-June period. The outlook is essentially the scientific equivalent of factoring the odds on a horse race and, just like a horse race, the favourite doesn’t always win.

It’s also important to note that above average temperatures over a three-month period could come about in a variety of ways in terms of actual weather – we can still see warmer than average temperatures when it’s cloudy and wet, for example. Also, even in an above average three-months not all individual months would need to be above average.

This just reinforces the point that the contingency planners outlook doesn’t tell us what specific weather we are going to see at a specific location. For the best information on the weather ahead, people should use the Met Office’s 5-day weather forecast supplemented with our 30-day outlook."