Paul

The Yorks and Lincs thread is now back, and ready for winter!

The southwest and cs thread is now back, ready for winter

The southeast regional thread is now open and ready for winter

It's something we're aware of, and will have fixed soon - it's due to the increased resolution

Latest from Jo: https://vimeo.com/111634463

We'll be re-introducing the full regions again later today, so this thread will be closed and a new one re-opened shortly.

We'll be re-introducing the full regions again later today, so this thread will be closed and a new one re-opened shortly.

We'll be re-introducing the full regions again later today, so this thread will be closed and a new one re-opened shortly.

We'll be re-introducing the full regions again later today, so this thread will be closed and a new one re-opened shortly.

No, Santa works on a tight budget - he has lots of presents to buy, and the cost of reindeer fuel has gone through the roof in recent years.

Jo's written a blog looking at the recent winter headlines in the press: http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=news;storyid=6283;sess=

Santa will deliver more detailed regions as we get closer to Xmas

The forum will close for 2 minutes at 11am this morning to observe the silence for Remembrance day.

It's good isn't it John

Santa's back! http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=xmas;sess=

We could go round in circles about which weather is 'best' for people until the end of time, so maybe it's time for everyone to accept that people will always have different preferences and needs when it comes to weather. Severe and unusual weather of all types can and do cause problems for people, communities, work and so on - too much wet, too much dry, too hot, too cold, they all have an impact. But if someone likes cold weather, likes hot weather or whatever then it's not them wishing for people to have problems with it, it's just their preference - which by the way has no effect on what the weather may actually do! Plus of course, none of it has anything to do with the model output, so can we please just move on.

Are you choosing a date in the future? It's a forecast feature not an archive one so doesn't display for past dates.

No problems this end with it, and no other reports either. Perhaps try disabling any ad blockers or other plugins you're running.

But this is neither a moderation or a model related thing. If people want to like a post they can, if they want to agree with a post they can, disagree they can, and so on - every post gets the same platform. That's what a community is about - people voicing opinion, agreeing/disagreeing with opinion and so on. We have a report button on every post, so anyone who thinks a post is off topic/out of line can report it - I can tell you we've had one report from the model thread this week and it was about a post which was talking about the daily express, so very off topic, but that's it. So where's the issue? Is it that some posts get more likes/replies than others, and you think that (your or someone elses) 'more deserving' posts should get the same attention? If so, it all sounds a bit juvenile to me.

Anyone can disagree with opinions in the thread & provide their own view, also anyone can choose to take note of the posts they wish to take not of, and ignore the ones they don't. I'm very sure that the vast majority of people recognise that it's an open discussion forum, it'll flow where the tide takes it, and at this time of year the tide is very often cold slanted, with people looking for cold & snow, that's just the way it is. Some people love it, some don't, but that's why we provide alternative discussions (such as the in depth thread etc), other than that & keeping things running smoothly, on topic etc, I don't think there's much more we can be expected to do.

No, not at all - you're just reading it entirely out of context. The posts the moderator was talking about were actually talking about hoping it may be x or y this winter, or talking about things like december 2010 which is clearly well out of the remit of the models. That's very different to someone who's viewing what's in the models, drawing opinions based on the output and discussing them in the thread - which everyone is welcome to do.

I've not seen any posts which are as you suggest - there are posts which are 'reading between the lines' of what the models are showing to look further ahead or to perhaps look at where the models may not be quite right currently, but there's nothing wrong with that. If there were, we may as well just have one person posting every day with a factual run-down of what the models show, it's a discussion forum, opinions around the subject are the point - you and anyone else are welcome to make them, so long as they're actually about the topic in hand and not just digs at the people who's opinions you may not agree with.

There's a difference between disagreeing with a point someone makes within the context of the discussion and slagging people off personally for making/agreeing with that point. So you're welcome to put an opposing view across but not as a personal attack which doesn't actually have any views about the models, any info to back it up and just reads as you (or anyone else) whining about other members. And the phrase held to account is a bit over the top by the way - it's a discussion forum, why do people need to be held to account for sharing their opinions? Obviously anyone reading is welcome to judge how much notice they take of any given post, but I think you're maybe getting too carried away if you're expecting there to be some sort of shaming of people just for voicing what turns out to be an incorrect opinion on a forum!

A couple of posts removed this evening, just as a reminder this thread is to moan/ramp about the models, not other members posts.

OK thanks, will get to the bottom of it. Have taken the ads off for now, any better?