I'm all for weather warnings being issued whenever they are actually merited, but to dish them out in this manner in a part of the world where virtually nothing ever happens in terms of "interesting" weather is just ridiculous in my books, and the Met Office have been doing that quite a lot over the last month or so with most of those warnings coming to virtually nothing in the end.
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Originally Posted by: johncs2016
It's the same here and it's beyond ridiculous. Barely a week goes by without at least one being issued and they are almost never warranted.
It just goes to show that the Met Office is no longer fit for purpose. Those responsible for issuing this nonsense on a routine basis need to face disciplinary proceedings. A scandalous waste of taxpayers money. That is of course assuming that someone is responsible. Quite easy to believe it's a fully automated process with no human input and the warnings are just the 'garbage out'. Surely no human could be so moronic to believe a forecast of 1-3cm snow over mountains was even worthy of comment never mind warranting a warning. Even at low levels such falls in the past would have passed without mention by the local media.
I was at the hairdresser at lunchtime and the local radio station was on and the DJ was even commenting on it. Something along the lines of 'why are yellow weather warnings being issued for a few snow flurries?'
That's all we've had a few flurries and the temperature didn't even drop below freezing last night. Moreover it's the first November since 2015 when it hasn't dropped to -1C đ€Ź
A picture from today to sum up this lame, pathetic, totally inadequate, sorry excuse for a cold spell that has brought the curtain down on this horrifically vile autumn.
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The biggest joke is that was the snowiest spot I could find while I was out đ
Would rather have mild south westerlies than a continuation of cold, damp/wet filth off the North Sea which has gone on for almost two months now đ€ą
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