harrycatcat1 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 I thought that it would be nice to have a ride up to Dumfries and Galloway next week for a few days as the forecast looks nice. Looked again a few days later and get this๐ค๐ I blame Labour as they never anything right ๐๐๐ย ย ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 (edited) Hello, i always go by the Met office web site, If you put in the place or area you can get forecasts by the hour or 2, up to a few days in advance, Anyone have a Zambretti Forecaster, ?? you need a good Barometer and wind direction then you can alter the Zambretti to those readings and get a weather forecast of sorts,ย Edited July 10 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Shot Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 The Met Office has been particularly sketchy in it's accuracy these past few months with drastic changes in forecast happening from one day to the next.ย I had a FITASC shoot this past Sunday and on checking the weather on Saturday evening it showed torrential rain and thunderstorms for most of Sunday. On this advice I loaded up the car with weatherproofs and gave the gunstock a good waxing to help with the wood soaking up moisture. I checked again Sunday AM while on route and the forecast had changed to light drizzle till 10:30 improving to sun thereafter. I had to withstand most of the day sweating in waterproof trousers in bright sunshine.ย How could they get it so wrong with just 12 hours to go?ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCB56 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 If you want to know what the weather is doing, just look outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 3 minutes ago, RCB56 said: If you want to know what the weather is doing, just look outside. This โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ @harrycatcat1ย Don't blame the forecasters,,,, it can only be Scotland's fault !!! ๐งโ๏ธ๐จ๐ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Can they get the weather forecast right, ever? ย NO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted July 9 Author Report Share Posted July 9 1 hour ago, RCB56 said: If you want to know what the weather is doing, just look outside. I do at home but I don't fancy driving 4 hours to see what the weather is doing. 8 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Can they get the weather forecast right, ever? ย NO! I think you are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 All the media get their data from the Met Office, but attempt to put their own spin on it. BBC Weather site is dire. Went to Devon and Dorset recently and the day before we set off the forecast changed from rain to sun, back to rain for the first few days. Luckily, two of them were wrong and we had fine weather. The ten day forecast is awful. One day it forecast rain at 12.00 noon for one hour, ten days ahead. Now that is a joke.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 25 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Can they get the weather forecast right, ever? ย NO! so if they cant get the weather right.....why are they so right on global warming ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 1 hour ago, JKD said: This โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ @harrycatcat1ย Don't blame the forecasters,,,, it can only be Scotland's fault !!! ๐งโ๏ธ๐จ๐ Isn't it the case that if you are in Fort William and can see the summit of Ben Nevis, it's about to rain. ....... and if you can't see the summit, it is raining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 2 minutes ago, amateur said: Isn't it the case that if you are in Fort William and can see the summit of Ben Nevis, it's about to rain. ....... and if you can't see the summit, it is raining. Yes same as St. Athan in Wales, if you can see the Power Station Chimney it isn't raining YET......................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 You need one of these; ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 1 minute ago, JohnfromUK said: You need one of these; ย "its a bomb...run..."๐ฅ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Calm down dear.............................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted July 9 Author Report Share Posted July 9 18 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said: You need one of these; ย At one stage when i was at the pit that was my job on a Monday morning, wind them up, top up the ink and change the chart. Still doesn't forecast the weather just pressure differences.ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 3 hours ago, harrycatcat1 said: I thought that it would be nice to have a ride up to Dumfries and Galloway next week for a few days as the forecast looks nice. Looked again a few days later and get this๐ค๐ I blame Labour as they never anything right ๐๐๐ย ย ย We have hadย 3 nice days here in Wigtownshire . Rain here today mind . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 On our local weather i t v station the weather girl seem to have great joy in telling us that the met office have issued a Yellow weather warning as they forecasted rain for the following day , so what are we supposed to do ? , it wouldn't be the first day I have been out in the rain and just about everyone else come to that , then come the next night she then tell us how lucky we were because the weather front kept a bit more South than expected, mind you , who would want them to get it right every time ?ย ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 9 minutes ago, marsh man said: On our local weather i t v station the weather girl seem to have great joy in telling us that the met office have issued a Yellow weather warning as they forecasted rain for the following day , so what are we supposed to do ? , it wouldn't be the first day I have been out in the rain and just about everyone else come to that , then come the next night she then tell us how lucky we were because the weather front kept a bit more South than expected, mind you , who would want them to get it right every time ?ย ย Once now and again would be nice.............................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted July 9 Author Report Share Posted July 9 3 hours ago, johnphilip said: We have hadย 3 nice days here in Wigtownshire . Rain here today mind . Very nice๐ I was thinking of having a few days here and another few days elsewhere.ย ย ย https://www.balcary-bay-hotel.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 31 degrees yesterday,31 degrees today, going to rain tonight and will be a mild 29 degrees tomorrow. On the Spyder down in the Dordogne.ย ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 4 minutes ago, welsh1 said: 31 degrees yesterday,31 degrees today, going to rain tonight and will be a mild 29 degrees tomorrow. On the Spyder down in the Dordogne.ย ย Positively chilly! 119F when I left Phoenix on Friday . Thatโs 48.33 in EU speak! And two days previously we drove through the edge of a mountain storm which, according to the TV weather man, laid down 14 inches of rain in one hour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Its all over the place the Azores high keeps shifting about. We have been over to the Channel islands dodging the shifting weather. Got back to Salcombe and were stuck for a week. Then over to the River Tamar where we were hiding for a couple of nights. Just hoping there is an Indian Summer.ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 They are nearly always right here in the Outer Hebrides ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.357shooter Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 why would they bother get paid the same to do a **** job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Countryfile the only good thing about that programme is the weather forecastย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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