Some common climate sense

Great news from The London Daily Mail:

Met Office weather presenters face unsettled outlook as BBC sacks the forecaster to 'save millions' (and that prediction of a barbecue summer can't have helped)
A private company is to replace the Met Office as the BBC's forecaster, leaving many big-name weather presenters facing an unsettled outlook.

MeteoGroup will replace the Met Office in the spring of 2017, ending the 94-year partnership since the broadcaster's first weather bulletin on the radio in 1922.

The deal, which the BBC says will save 'millions', comes after alleged rows over the dumbing down of broadcasts and the Met Office's inability to produce a good weather app.

A bit more:

The Met Office has also presided over a number of gaffes, predicting a barbecue summer in 2009, which was a washout, and a dry winter in 2014, one of the wettest on record.

A perfect example of what happens when you rely on computer models and do not stick your head out the window to see what actually is going on. Good riddance. And the company that is replacing them:

MeteoGroup, the UK's largest private sector weather business, with offices in 17 countries around the world, was announced as the Met Office's successor today.

They do not stay in business - let along grow to be the UK's largest by getting their forecasts wrong. The marketplace will see to that in short order. The Met Office is the government run weather bureau and it has fallen under the thrall of global warming. Sorry people but when you fail to produce actual results, you deserve what you get.

Their website is here: MeteoGroup and their MeteoEarth site is a lot of fun - check it out.