Weather forecasts

[RichardCranium]

Being a cricketer I religiously check the weekend weather throughout the week.

Then you would have been interested in a comment on this morning's Science in Action where they said climate change will make cricket pitches harder, which suits Australian play, so the warmer and dryer the climate, the more the Australians will win the cricket.

I think there were one or two assumptions being made in that statement, plus a complete disregard of groundsmen.

[snaw]

Here you go:

Though the UK is mostly under the influence of the maritime tropical air mass from the south-west, different regions are more susceptible than others when different air masses affect the country: Northern Ireland and the west of Scotland are the most exposed to the maritime polar air mass which brings cool moist air; the east of Scotland and north-east England are more exposed to the continental polar air mass which brings cold dry air; the south and south-east of England are more exposed to the continental tropical air mass which brings warm dry air; Wales and the south-west of England are the most exposed to the maritime tropical air mass which brings warm moist air.

[sasguru]

And yet we are supposed to accept without question as gospel, unverified, untestable forecasts on climate by the same morons using the same "models".

Look at your avatar. It's pointing at you.

[dang65]

This is the point. We can verify the weather and their forecasts are tulipe.

And yet we are supposed to accept without question as gospel, unverified, untestable forecasts on climate by the same morons using the same "models".

The climate is about the average over time, not a precise local forecast. There will be times when it suddenly snows for two weeks in January, or we have a heatwave in August, but the average over years and decades can still be measured and predicted with more accuracy than a local rainstorm changing direction and moving away from Swindon.

[sasguru]

The climate is about the average over time, not a precise local forecast. There will be times when it suddenly snows for two weeks in January, or we have a heatwave in August, but the average over years and decades can still be measured and predicted with more accuracy than a local rainstorm changing direction and moving away from Swindon.

Yes you'll have to spell it out.
He's not called "Dim" for nothing.

[DimPrawn]

If you can't see the point I'm making (ie trusting people who cannot predict something one hour ahead) then it really is a sad day.

Shows the brainwashing that has gone on.

House prices only ever go up (tell that to the Japanese for the last 15 years)
The climate (which actually swings wildly) is going to get hotter.

[sasguru]

If you can't see the point I'm making (ie trusting people who cannot predict something one hour ahead) then it really is a sad day.

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Are you really that limited, cranially?

[Drewster]

This is the point. We can verify the weather and their forecasts are tulipe.

And yet we are supposed to accept without question as gospel, unverified, untestable forecasts on climate by the same morons using the same "models".

Errrrrrrrrrr I think thats what I said! I was agreeing with you - or at least agreeing that your suggestion had merit!

[Drewster shrugs shoulders and sighs!]
I don't know can't even support someone on CUK without them arguing with you.... Tut Tut... what is the world coming too... mutter mutter.....
[/Drewster shrugs shoulders and sighs!]

[DimPrawn]

It's such a win-win situation for governments and scientists.

Governments levy punitive taxation on everything that involves energy (transport, manufacturing, construction, utilities) to prevent "warming" in the future.

Scenario A

It gets warmer in the future. Told you so, we did not reduce CO2 enough. More taxes.

Scenario B

It does not get warmer in the future. Thank-goodness we all paid those taxes on everything. Result!

[Benno]

Should you need to know whether to put a jacket on to go to the pub or not, this site is worth a look...

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Checked it this morning before going on, just as well I did. And fortunate that the lasses doing an impromptu Miss Wet T-shirt contest didn't.