Summer of 76

Thanks Paul, at least it will keep my mind on the ball when that next easterly arrives and posts are appearing 30 a minute . Chris

Sorry if I'm in the wrong place or this has been answered before. When using firefox I have noticed that when I press refresh it takes me straight to the last post and not the last post I was reading reading, this doesn't seem to happen in IE. Therefore I have to make a note of the post number, not very easy in the model discussion thread at Christmas Anyone come across this before and have any suggestions. Thanks Chris

Latest weather report from Bedford, rain and sleet temperature 2.1 has fallen 0.1 in the last hour. I would say there are now a few flakes of snow mixed in,ground very wet. edit: Large flakes now falling Chris

Can I ask MB a question. When we see the rainfall animation say at 10.35 do we see real rainfall radar say up to 9pm or is everything a computer generation based on earlier models. I only ask as the other evening when rain was moving up from France it didn't seem to be the same as the online radar, it was further east. Thanks

Nasty storm, with lots of thunder and lightening just past through, moving quickly

Thunder just started, very loud

Nasty storm just passing over, it seemed to start all of a sudden and lasted about 15 minutes. The rain gauge shows just over 15 mm of rain

A great thread and nice to think back too those times. I seem to remember that Nov 1981 was when CB radio was introduced to the UK (legal). I often remember those cold nights listening to people asking for help whilst stuck in their cars :blink: It was so cold one night that the brakes and doors on the local buses were frezzing, we must have had about least 140 people on one double decker trying to get home.

Yes I can confirm that, hic - pass another glass

1 flash and rumble of thunder, dark clouds moving over at the present time, just starting to rain

I would love to see them stay as when the map moves around you can get a feel of the wind strength over a wide area rather than the presenter having to mention it within the forecast. May I ask another question MB (thanks for passing on our suggestions, hope you get a payrise and make DG one day ) will any graphics appear on the main chart for thunderstorms in the future. Thanks

Sorry if already posted, more pictures here http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13360952,00.html

If they show the map face on will they still have to tilt it in order to show the rain or are we in for a long spell of dry weather for the next few years It will be interesting to see what appears on our screens

Thanks, much appreciated MB for keeping us informed

Muggy and warm , here with some rain now falling

There is an interesting article on the following link regarding the comments made by John Teather, former BBC Weather Centre Manager http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article...ing%20Standard#

MB, can you say where these stats come from, within the BBC or external Thanks

Sorry, I never complained about an automated response I was just making light of the fact that I received that e-mail from address. However a reply is only as good if it attempts to answer the constructive points that one puts forward. I'm not supprised they don't have the resource and if I was a manager in BBC Complaints section I'm sure i would be having words with BBC Weather about why my work load had increased so much over the past week.

I have done the same using the complaints section I received the following after 48 hours "Thank you for your e-mail. We appreciate the time you have taken to inform us of your views regarding the changes to BBC Weather output. We can assure you that BBC Weather will be keen to monitor public reaction to the new format and that your opinion will play a key role in their output decisions. All comments are reported back into the organisation so that programme makers and senior management can be fully informed of the opinions of our audience when reviewing our programmes, services and policies. Thank you again for contacting us. BBC Complaints Unit I love the e-mail address it came from - pleasedonotreply@bbc.co.uk Chris

snowing here now, temp down to 3.3

That's a new term "Fnowing" <_<

Kempston, Bedfordshire 9.00am Temp 5.9c Wind 2mph from SW Presure 1023.5 Humdity 48% Weather Cloudy Chris