Originally Posted by
cattletruck
Which met office runs the computer model? Recently I bumped into the ex CEO of the UK Met Office and he talked about how he transformed the role of his forecasters (a word he despises because it implies their job ends for the day after issuing that bit of paper) to become more effective by placing them inside the control centres of their customers to help them develop better decision/knowledge systems in relation to the meteorological information that is available.
Seems to have been hugely successful, the only problem is that there aren't many of these meteorologists to spread around the place so the benefit needs to be substantial to UK interests to get a buy in.
from the official Met Office Annual Report this year:
Significant governance and control issues
As a result of a report from a whistle-blower, management undertook both internal and independent reviews. These reports identified management control and governance failings in a limited number of areas of the business, which do not impact on the operations of the Met Office and the services it provides. Major control weaknesses were addressed at that time. Additional internal and independent audits were commissioned in order to investigate further, to establish the full extent of the issues. These audits concluded that the major failings were limited to a narrow area of the business and included lack of enforcement of established controls around travel expenditure and expenses, and a lack of appropriate and comprehensive management response to the concerns raised by staff. These matters were identified as
having operational proximity to the former Chief Executive and his employment was terminated with effect from 1 March 2018. Control weaknesses and governance issues identified are being addressed robustly, under my personal oversight, with a view to minimise future impacts.