jonboy - wholeheartedly disagree. That has not happened and as I allued to there is no point in issuing any kind of forecast without a set timeframe to accompany it. Their early Winter forecasts were good as I've previously conceded, but Dec was forecast to be a colder than average month in many quarters, including the MO. The 1st third of Jan was cold/very cold, then along came the milder spell, but what we have not seen since is the forecasted return to cold/very cold weather. That is a fact, it's not open to question or arguement. Now whether we get a return to colder conditions in Feb remains to be seen, clearly there are some encouraging signs that we will, but in all fairness with respect to Blast and Roger those who live by the sword die by the sword. In other words if you want fetting and praising when your forecasts go right, you have also to accept the inevitable critisism when they go wrong, that as you suggest is not "being rather unfair", it's in fact completely the opposite.