METMEN

[oldbeefer]

Would appreciate comments on the accuracy (or otherwise) of met forecasting recently. In my neck of the woods it seems to have gone for a complete w k!

[212man]

In my neck of the woods, looking SW gives the forecast, and NE the aftercast.

Seriously though, I do think that some airfields in the UK have suffered with the removal of experienced metmen and the substitution of centrally produced forecasts.

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Another day in paradise

[tbc]

I have to say that despite watching all the TV met forecasts with the news bulletins, the actual weather comes from somewhere else! Therefore I use that good old system of WYSIWYG with a huge dollop of SIAS!!

[eurocopter]

The UK Met office , I have heard have a 47% accuracy of forecasting the weather - Or put another way 53% of the time they are wrong!
In fact if you take what they say as being the opposite you have a slightly better chance of getting it right.

[Hybrid]

I've found the best source of met these days is the BBC local teletext (p402), especially for the mountains. Without a doubt, the quality of service has gone down, not only with the centralisation of forecasters, but also with the redction in observers.

[Marco]

Most civilian met men toe the Bracknell party line so they can blame somewhen else when they get it wrong. They.ve not been honest since Sevenoaks lost a few oaks! The military met men are a different breed though if they'll speak to you. Their interpretation based on experience and local conditions which is what we all want.

[MightyGem]

I agree with your view on Military met men.
I 'phoned the met office at Manchester airport a while back as the weather wasn't agreeing with the TAF. The man seemedsurprised that I had the affront to question the TAF, and he wasn't at all helpful.