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BBC Considers Changing Weather Forecaster
BUFFETED by complaints about its inaccurate weather forecasts, the Met Office [the UK public weather service] now faces being dumped by the BBC after almost 90 years. Last July the state-owned forecaster's predictions for a "barbecue summer" turned into a washout. And its forecast for a mild winter attracted derision when temperatures recently plunged as low as -22C.Last week the Met Office failed to predict heavy snowfall in the southeast that brought traffic to a standstill. This weekend a YouGov poll for The Sunday Times reveals that 74% of people believe its forecasts are generally inaccurate. By contrast, many commercial rivals got their predictions for winter right. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-01-17 |
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