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Summer 2008 : A Typical Met Office Failure

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A typical British summer – Met Office

So how did they do?

Nick Grahame, Chief Forecaster at the Met Office offered some relief from the poor summer, saying: “The weekend weather is rather mixed with sunshine but some rain for all. However, much better weather is forecast throughout next week. Looking further ahead, September is likely to bring settled conditions.”

Following on from a record-breaking wet summer in 2007, heavy rain this August has resulted in more floods in many areas of the country. Thanks to an acceleration of its research and development programme, the Met Office is now able to pinpoint extreme rainfall more accurately.

Will our ‘awful August’ end on a high? – Met Office

But it wasn’t enough for them to completely fail their summer forecast. They immediately jumped into a brain-dead winter forecast.

Trend of mild winters continues – Met Office

Once again, a massive fail.

Coldest winter for a decade – Met Office

The climate models are programmed to predict warming. They are completely useless and yet the Met Office continues to stiff British taxpayers with purchases of faster GIGO hardware.

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