Originally Posted by
ZOOKER
Hi, good egg.
Apologies for the delay in replying, but sadly, I have no statistical data to back up my assertions that the Met Office have lost the plot.
Just a lifelong interest in meteorology.
But, it's hardly surprising, is it, considering the paucity of the data they're now having to work with?
Ummmm, why would they have any less data now than before? Each reporting station still reports the weather doesn't it?
In fact the Met Office use many more sources of data than ever before in order to produce their forecasts. The list of their sources continues to grow, not shrink, as time passes...because added information, or situational awareness, is beneficial for them too.
I'm guessing this thread drift is about a perceived loss of local knowledge and how that might be detrimental??