'empty and stupid' - if taken out of context; he said -
"We cannot conclude that this situation was exceptional," he says. "There was no unusual intensity or strength."
As the head of a met offcie one has to assume he knows about usual and unusual in the context of weather.
OTOH, he is only looking at the data after the event; it is always probable that the momentary situation was different.
As has been said many times on this thread and other related threads, we are in a low/no information zone; the comment on the met situation is at least based on an analysis of the situation at the time and place.
Bye, Barry