Met Office Forecasts To Be Dumped By BBC?

[ceemac]

BUFFETED by complaints about its inaccurate weather forecasts, the Met Office now faces being dumped by the BBC after almost 90 years.

The Met Office contract with the BBC expires in April and the broadcaster has begun talks with Metra, the national forecaster for New Zealand, as a possible alternative.

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[KKOB]

I've posted this link so it's readily available if Metra get the job.

New Zealand Slang

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[apollo too]

No doubt weather forecasting systems and computer models have improved over the years.

When we were at school our geography master told us that because of the effect of the Gulf stream and that Great Britain is surrounded by sea and not buffered by continental mass. Weather forecasting is notoriously difficult.