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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? 11:02 - Jul 19 with 1824 viewsTrequartista

says its going to thunder and lightning and rain in Ipswich from now until 3pm. The metoffice who they sacked off to cut costs says no rain. lightningmaps has no lightning across the whole of england. who's responsible for this fake news i mean weather report?


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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:10 - Jul 19 with 1735 viewsMattinLondon

I’ve noticed in the last few months how poor the BBC weather app seems to be. Think I might well just delete it now as it’s always wrong.
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:15 - Jul 19 with 1712 viewsDJR

The Met Office and BBC for a particular location often differ especially in terms of maximum temperature but I haven't figured out which is the more accurate.
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:17 - Jul 19 with 1688 viewsstonojnr

is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:15 - Jul 19 by DJR

The Met Office and BBC for a particular location often differ especially in terms of maximum temperature but I haven't figured out which is the more accurate.


I always use metcheck these days, theyre far more accurate on weather, especially rain, than the met office, even if the wind speeds they quote are sometimes a little lower than actuality
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:19 - Jul 19 with 1658 viewsStokieBlue

This is usually pretty decent.

https://clearoutside.com/forecast/52.06/1.15

It was raining very heavily here earlier so I wouldn't rule out some heavy rain in Ipswich at some point.

SB
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:20 - Jul 19 with 1648 viewsTrequartista

is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:10 - Jul 19 by MattinLondon

I’ve noticed in the last few months how poor the BBC weather app seems to be. Think I might well just delete it now as it’s always wrong.


It's absolutely pouring down out there now!

Only joking, i've removed my bookmark too.

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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:22 - Jul 19 with 1620 viewsTrequartista

is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:15 - Jul 19 by DJR

The Met Office and BBC for a particular location often differ especially in terms of maximum temperature but I haven't figured out which is the more accurate.


"BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup"

Click on MeteoGroup and it goes to a company website for DTN who don't appear to do anything meteorological. Edit, they do, just hidden away a bit.
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:23 - Jul 19 with 1600 viewsStokieBlue

is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:22 - Jul 19 by Trequartista

"BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup"

Click on MeteoGroup and it goes to a company website for DTN who don't appear to do anything meteorological. Edit, they do, just hidden away a bit.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeteoGroup

I am assuming they were cheaper and hence they got the contract.

SB
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:24 - Jul 19 with 1575 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:10 - Jul 19 by MattinLondon

I’ve noticed in the last few months how poor the BBC weather app seems to be. Think I might well just delete it now as it’s always wrong.


It is based on the ECMWF weather model from 24 hrs previous rather than the latest run so definitely not that reliable in an evolving weather situation.

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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:25 - Jul 19 with 1566 viewsstonojnr

Im surprised it hasnt been questioned more, especially with these constant weather alerts that now form part of their forecasting and the met office too fwiw in terms of forecasting 2-3 days out is terribly inaccurate ime (and I note it because it affects which days I decide to go for a cycle ride so Im very aware of what the weather is forecast and what the weather actually ends up being)

and people are cancelling events because of it,so losing money
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/25325039.framlingham-horse-show-cancelled-ahead-wet-

I bet theyre sitting there now going, we could have held it given the actual conditions.

just like the dog show they cancelled due to the forecast extreme heat, that never showed up either.

but there seems no feedback loop, no one is challenging them or holding them to account on hold on 3 days ago (and 40-50 years ago 3 day forecasts were accurate) you forecast this, and actually the weather was this instead.

they just seem to release a forecast and carry on predicting the wrong weather.
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:34 - Jul 19 with 1519 viewsGeoffSentence

i think they use french weather data now.

anyway, it's pretty unreliable

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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:44 - Jul 19 with 1469 viewsBenters

We did have a little storm in the night but not as much as was forecast.

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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:51 - Jul 19 with 1440 viewsMattinLondon

is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:20 - Jul 19 by Trequartista

It's absolutely pouring down out there now!

Only joking, i've removed my bookmark too.


Where I live it’s currently warm, dry but cloudy. According to the BBC weather app it’s thunderous with heavy rain.

I don’t expect 100% but rather somewhere close in terms of the weather would be good.
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:56 - Jul 19 with 1420 viewsDJR

is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:51 - Jul 19 by MattinLondon

Where I live it’s currently warm, dry but cloudy. According to the BBC weather app it’s thunderous with heavy rain.

I don’t expect 100% but rather somewhere close in terms of the weather would be good.


To be fair to the BBC and Met Office, their hourly forecasts for the day do specify the chance of precipitation in a particular hour which is often much less than 100%.
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 12:13 - Jul 19 with 1356 viewsStokieBlue

is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 11:51 - Jul 19 by MattinLondon

Where I live it’s currently warm, dry but cloudy. According to the BBC weather app it’s thunderous with heavy rain.

I don’t expect 100% but rather somewhere close in terms of the weather would be good.


It's absolutely smashing it down here and I assume that will be heading your way.

SB
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 12:34 - Jul 19 with 1220 viewsbsw72

Haven’t used BBC Weather for years, AccuWeather is my go to app, they use a number of sources.
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 13:10 - Jul 19 with 1135 viewsBasuco

The BBC had a discount using the Met office but the last government increased the price by a huge amount, BBC said OK we will go elsewhere. The Met office would have been the more accurate option but the price was way too expensive.
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 14:18 - Jul 19 with 937 viewsMeadowlark

I just look at the radar.

https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 15:53 - Jul 19 with 797 viewsbluelagos

Just driven past Newmarket and onto Kettering

Torrential rain in parts so defo lots of wet stuff out there this afternoon.

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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 17:57 - Jul 19 with 626 viewsSwansea_Blue

They used to be better that the Met Office. The missus used met office and I use the BBC. It’s a standing joke in our house how she’s always got it wrong. Maybe the BBC are better in the west 🤷‍♂️

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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 23:41 - Jul 19 with 417 viewsSuperKieranMcKenna

Better off seeing if a cow is lying down tbh.
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 00:02 - Jul 20 with 361 viewsVaughan8

I've looked at the weather forecast on the BBC Weather app, outside in the rain nd it has 0% chance of rain on the "now" forecast.....!

So its not very good!
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 00:18 - Jul 20 with 346 viewsRyorry

I use the Norwegian one called YR, which ironically is usually more accurate than either the BBC or Met Office. Just search for it and type in your village or town, most people can get a very localised forecast which may be one reason for the better accuracy.

I also find the weather app on my iPhone pretty decent and better than either the Beeb or MO.
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is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 02:16 - Jul 20 with 269 viewsArnoldMoorhen

is bbc weather of any credibility nowadays? on 15:53 - Jul 19 by bluelagos

Just driven past Newmarket and onto Kettering

Torrential rain in parts so defo lots of wet stuff out there this afternoon.


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