I looked yesterday on the BBC website and Saturday had a sun symbol. Today it's rain. On XCWeather, it's been partially cloudy all along. How does this happen? Presumably they all get their data from the same sources?
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Why is the BBC Weather Forecast So Sh¥t?
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BBC get their info from the Met Office, both are stuffed with political types now, so they're always banging on with this drip drip drip subliminal message of 'anthropogenic global warming' or whatever bulltulip it's called today.
Other places get their data from scientists.
HTHInsanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
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On xc weather they have a map and you can click on the up to date information for each weather station all round the countryOriginally posted by threaded View PostOther places get their data from scientists.
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Because they get their guesstimates from airheaded clowns like sasguru, working with flawed computer modelling techniques.Originally posted by gricerboy View PostI looked yesterday on the BBC website and Saturday had a sun symbol. Today it's rain. On XCWeather, it's been partially cloudy all along. How does this happen? Presumably they all get their data from the same sources?
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