WINTER WEATHER PREDICTIONS WERE OH SO WRONG

In September last year The Meteorological Office made a prediction about the weather for Winter 2008/9.

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From http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2008/pr20080925.html

Trend of mild winters continues

25 September 2008

The Met Office forecast for the coming winter suggests it is, once again, likely to be milder than average. It is also likely that the coming winter will be drier than last year.

Seasonal forecasts from the Met Office are used by many agencies across government, private and third sectors to help their long-term planning.

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NB remember the shortage of salt stocks? Some local authorities were using table salt!

But on February 25th The Meteorological Office reported that the Winter 2008/9 was the coldest for ten years and we had the heaviest snowfall for 18 years.

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From http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2009/pr20090225.html

Coldest winter for a decade

25 February 2009

Mild weather is expected to see out what remains of winter. Despite this, it is expected to be the coldest UK winter since 1995/96, according to provisional Met Office figures.

The low temperatures have also been accompanied at times by heavy snow. During early February, the heaviest snowfall for 18 years was experienced over many areas of the UK.
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This brings into question the predictions of man-made global warming. Prince Charles indulged in a little scaremongering over the weekend by stating that we had less than 100 months to save the planet. But can we trust the Meteorological Office predictions eight years in advance when it cannot predict the weather over one winter?

And as for air traffic and airport expansion? Air transport is by far the most polluting activity of mankind. If the government were so green then why is it wanting to expand air transport? This is such an anti-green action. But it does want to be greener than thou when surveillance and monitoring of our activities can be achieved, e.g. fixing microchips into cars to tax-by-mile.

Just thinking out loud. That's all.

I am allowed to think, am I not? It is not against the law, not yet anyway.

I won't get extradited to Germany or Morocco for thinking, will I, not yet anyway?