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Our 2012 forecasts were feeble, admits Met Office: Organisation says that predicting for ‘dry’ weather was ‘not helpful’ by Neil Sears (30th March 2013)
Thursday, July 7, 2016 23:04
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Article Tags: 2012 Forecast, Met Office, UK Drought Forecast 2012, UK Summer Forecast 2012, UK Summer Forecast 2013
Those of us caught in downpours in our shorts or left peeling soggy sausages off the barbecue could probably have told them all along.
The Met Office finally admitted yesterday that the forecasts it gave of ‘dry’ weather last year were ‘not helpful’.
But the organisation’s chief scientist still insisted two-thirds of its long-term forecasts are ‘very helpful’ – without specifying quite what that means for the other third.
In its official guidance to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Met Office said that last April was likely to be ‘drier than usual’.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Source: http://climaterealists.com/index.php?id=11467
