Bbc Weather

[tonyav]

The met office loses BBC contract and maybe replaced by foreign firm.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/met-office-loses-bbc-weather-forecasting-contract/ar-BBm0hES?li=AA9SkIr

[B00]

They might it right now then :-)

[douglas9401]

As long as they come from somewhere warm. :-)

[Tilly2]

Rain clouds ahead!

[tonyav]

Wouldn't bet on it though, B00. Can't beat a weather cone hanging outside the back door imo.

[Baldric]

Hurricane! . . . . what Hurricane?

[Tilly2]

GOF.......

[Old_Geezer]

Does that mean that all the weather girls will get changed ?
I like waking up to Carol in the morning.

[tonyav]

2009 barbeque summer, it p!ssed down !.

[B00]

Or they could save a fortune and use one of these

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/GAN/WeatherForecastingStone_zpse978b0e6.jpg

[tonyav]

I'm afraid so, OG.

[tonyav]

Ohhh, that looks even better than a weather cone, B00.

[Baldric]

Some of the Girls are Freelancers but Carole does work for the Met. Office.

[pastafreak]

No Carole?!!!???...but she's the only one who makes the forcast comprehensible.

[New Judge]

Sounds good. I haven't checked the facts but as I see it this is the situation:

- The Met Office (funded by the taxpayer) provides weather forecasts.

- The BBC (funded essentially by taxpayers albeit in a slightly different way) needs weather forecasts.

- The Met Office loses the "contract" to provide forecasts to the BBC

- The Met Office continues to be funded by the taxpayer (and continues to produce weather forecasts)

- The BBC continues to be funded by the taxpayer ( and continues to require weather forecasts)

- The BBC has to pay somebody elese for the weather forecasts they require.

As I said, sounds good. :-)

[tonyav]

Mmmmm, do you think that the beeb may ask for a raise in licence fee's NJ ?.

[seadogg]

Also a fan of Carol Kirkwood. If we lose her, might actually look at the maps and remember something. Joking aside, this is appaling, the whole damn country will be run on a shoestring eventually.

[trt]

They don't need to employ or hire a weather company, they could just look on the internet, and do we really need to be told the weather forecast every 15/30 minutes?

[woofgang]

I don't thi nk they are very good at it, Accu are better

[DaisyNonna]

Given up on forecasts. The reports on what the weather was like are not even accurate.

[vulcan42]

Adding one more to the list of New Judge, the "someone elses" will probably purchase their weather forecasts from the Met Office.