As indeed were their observations.
'Tis true, one met brief from a Kuwaiti metman consisted, in its entirety, of:
"insha'Allah, it will be cloudy"
Fortunately we were trained to interpret a met chart (no idea if pointy pilots and navs are? Or, perhaps, rather whether they ever put it into practice). No need for a dish-dash-dressed metmen. We would NEVER take a recommendation at face value; can't understand a (qualified) crew doing so. Of course, we used 'station divs' when they looked ok, but it was always checked before WE decided to accept them.
Never trusted a Spam filtered terminal forecast either. One time the (quoted) f'cast for Waddo was cavok. A quick check on t'internet revealed that prior to our expected arrival time of 09:00 the viz was ~100m, sky obscured. Filed for Prestwick instead of Waddo, quick splash 'n dash and into Waddo an hour after the clag burnt off.
NO idea what goes on in flight training re. met these days (couldn't care less frankly), but 25 years ago we learnt to stand on our own two feet.