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Yup - you are somewhere on a fairly narrow island with warm water flowing South to North and a cold wind at high altitude blowing West to East (or is it East to

Yup - you are somewhere on a fairly narrow island with warm water flowing South to North and a cold wind at high altitude blowing West to East (or is it East to West? I always get that mixed up). It is going to be slightly changeable. I'm assuming the Met will still bid for the contract, and we shall see who gets it. Pity them the first time they get it badly wrong!

DanBC 11y ago
The met has bid for the contract, and lost the bid. The BBC and the met have both independantly confirmed tha. The met office isn't going to be providing weather data to the BBC. Some of the staff (the presenters tended to be real meteorologists workig for the met office) might transfer over; severe weather stuff is still going to come from the met office; the Shipping Forecast is not a met office thing so should be unaffected.
- chrisseaton 11y ago
  > the Shipping Forecast is not a met office thing Isn't it? It always starts with 'And now the shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at...'
  - DanBC 11y ago
    Ah, yes. Sorry. The met office provide the data to the Maritime and Coastguard agency, who then provide that to the BBC. The presenters are BBC staff, not Met Office staff. So there's no change to the Shipping Forecast. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11819295/Shipping-Forecast-to-continue-despite-Met-Office-losing-BBC-contract.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/1181929...
- keithpeter 11y ago
  I stand corrected, thanks.
  - keithpeter 11y ago
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11819164/Met-Office-lost-BBC-contract-over-dumbing-down-rows-and-weather-app.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11819164/Met-Office-lost... Can this really be about an app and about including probability statements? Good heavens.
- rlpb 11y ago
  > The met has bid for the contract, and lost the bid. The BBC and the met have both independantly confirmed tha. Where does it say this, please? All the articles I have found say that the contract will be put out to tender, but none actually say that the Met Office will be prevented from bidding.
  - DanBC 11y ago
    http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/08/23/met-office-in-the-news-bbc-weather-contract/ http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/08/23/met-office-in-the-ne... > You may have seen reports in the media today that the Met Office won’t be the BBCs main weather provider when the current contract ends. > Obviously everyone at the Met Office is disappointed that we won’t be supplying weather presenters and graphics to the BBC in the future. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34031785 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34031785 http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/23/met-office-loses-bbc-weather-forecasting-contract http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/23/met-office-lo... Someone from the Met Office was on a bunch of Radio Four news programmes (probably Today, World at One, PM) saying that they've lost the contract.
    - rlpb 11y ago
      That's fine, but where has anyone said that the Met Office can't bid in the upcoming tender? The Met Office blog post that you linked (thanks, I hadn't seen that) implies that they will no longer be providing services, but is this because they will decline to bid or because they are not permitted to bid?

DanBC 11y ago

The met has bid for the contract, and lost the bid. The BBC and the met have both independantly confirmed tha. The met office isn't going to be providing weather data to the BBC. Some of the staff (the presenters tended to be real meteorologists workig for the met office) might transfer over; severe weather stuff is still going to come from the met office; the Shipping Forecast is not a met office thing so should be unaffected.

chrisseaton 11y ago
> the Shipping Forecast is not a met office thing Isn't it? It always starts with 'And now the shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at...'
- DanBC 11y ago
  Ah, yes. Sorry. The met office provide the data to the Maritime and Coastguard agency, who then provide that to the BBC. The presenters are BBC staff, not Met Office staff. So there's no change to the Shipping Forecast. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11819295/Shipping-Forecast-to-continue-despite-Met-Office-losing-BBC-contract.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/1181929...
keithpeter 11y ago
I stand corrected, thanks.
- keithpeter 11y ago
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11819164/Met-Office-lost-BBC-contract-over-dumbing-down-rows-and-weather-app.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11819164/Met-Office-lost... Can this really be about an app and about including probability statements? Good heavens.
rlpb 11y ago
> The met has bid for the contract, and lost the bid. The BBC and the met have both independantly confirmed tha. Where does it say this, please? All the articles I have found say that the contract will be put out to tender, but none actually say that the Met Office will be prevented from bidding.
- DanBC 11y ago
  http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/08/23/met-office-in-the-news-bbc-weather-contract/ http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/08/23/met-office-in-the-ne... > You may have seen reports in the media today that the Met Office won’t be the BBCs main weather provider when the current contract ends. > Obviously everyone at the Met Office is disappointed that we won’t be supplying weather presenters and graphics to the BBC in the future. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34031785 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34031785 http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/23/met-office-loses-bbc-weather-forecasting-contract http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/23/met-office-lo... Someone from the Met Office was on a bunch of Radio Four news programmes (probably Today, World at One, PM) saying that they've lost the contract.
  - rlpb 11y ago
    That's fine, but where has anyone said that the Met Office can't bid in the upcoming tender? The Met Office blog post that you linked (thanks, I hadn't seen that) implies that they will no longer be providing services, but is this because they will decline to bid or because they are not permitted to bid?