Yes it is
The new system, SAMOS (Semi-Automated Met Observation System) goes live any time now. So it's bye bye to the Met Office at the airport and their little hut over by the fire station.
Basically the fantastic new kit detects cloud bases, estimates visibility, records pressure and does all manner of wonderful things just as the real met man did although, as the name would suggest, the thing isn't entirely automated.
The Assistants up in the tower are now responsible for making the accurate half hourly observations and ensuring the quality and more importantly, accuracy of thew new kit, is never below 100%, always.
I think too, although I'm not entirely sure, that the actual broacasts themselves will then be a recorded voice (not Metal Mickey though thankfully) and opposed to the weird and wonderful accents that go out at the moment
Additional data will then be tagged onto the end of the broadcasts manually by the assistant at the time.