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BBC News 9.55 p.m. weather outlook - repeat from previous day
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I often like to watch the BBC's recently introduced extended weather forecast with the ten day outlook at 9.55 p.m. on the news channel. However, I have noticed on several occasions that the forecast has been a repeat of the one broadcast the previous evening. It has just happened again tonight, with John Hammond starting with his forecast for Friday. He didn't mention the eclipse, which I did think was odd when I saw it last night, and I'm now beginning to wonder whether he knew the same forecast would be going out again tonight. He did mention that Matt Taylor had done the forecast the previous night - but this wasn't right. It was John Hammond last night who referred to Matt Taylor doing the forecast the day before!
It seems such an odd thing to do, particularly when they must know the forecast will be viewed regularly by weather anoraks. The first time it happened I just assumed it was a genuine error and someone had loaded up the previous day's recording by mistake. However I have now seen it happen at least four times in just a few weeks, and | don't get to view it every single night. Mistakes can't happen that often. It's all rather odd.
It seems such an odd thing to do, particularly when they must know the forecast will be viewed regularly by weather anoraks. The first time it happened I just assumed it was a genuine error and someone had loaded up the previous day's recording by mistake. However I have now seen it happen at least four times in just a few weeks, and | don't get to view it every single night. Mistakes can't happen that often. It's all rather odd.
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Didn't the late evening regional news and weather use to be recorded earlier in the evening before they went home?
That must be why it's hit and miss whether it shows up on BBC iPlayer.
They might care to repeat a few Jack Scott, Barbara Edwards or Michael Fish BBC forecasts from June, July, August 1976 come the summer and hope they are accurate!
Plus the promo features alot of Carol from Breakfast, yet she never presents 'Weather for the week ahead'.
Lucky found some other stuff to watch on my planner.
BBC News may be the best news channel in the UK, but it's not saying much. Very boring and long winded.
Just like Sky News - they drag out interviews to take up time, and the reporters are so dreary and taking ages to get to the point.
That's what happens when you build brand new studios in the middle of a council estate.:D
Isn't it a 5 day forecast ?
I work in local radio and lived on a council estate, you must think I am utter garbage then.
They also take a look at the longer range outlook for five to ten days ahead.
What's working in local radio have to do with it?:D
Not really, their weather app is wrong most of the time, and Michael Fish got over it.:D
You said
That's what happens when you build brand new studios in the middle of a council estate
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I must say the sports presenters on the BBC News Channel all sound as if they've just arrived from local radio, some of them are pretty poor.
It's ok, I was making a point.;-)
And what was your point exactly?
An exceptionally dry March in England this month, just 3mm of rain has fallen at my location so far. This isn't being mentioned much in forecasts yet, although the 9.55pm forecast has just stated that the westerlies will return next weekend with the jet stream moving south across the UK again.
Refer to my previous posts?
Still cannot understand what you are trying to say,do enlighten us more.