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Which Source Of Weather Reports Do You Find Reliable?


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BBC now use Meteo Group for forecasts, I find those the most accurate these days.

 

Met Office and Weather Action just supply scaremongering reports for the tabloids to lap up.

 

Channel 4 weather presenter takes aim at Express and other tabloids in crusade against ‘fake weather stories’

https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/channel-4-weather-takes-aim-at-utter-garbage-daily-express-weather-reports/

 

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“I see some of the tabloids are up to their old tricks – trying to make snow that’ll affect a few who live high up on a mountain sound like snow for everyone,” he said in another tweet.

Here's the Mirror article in question:

 

Huge blizzard to cover UK in 6cm of snow as temperatures plummet to -10C
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/massive-blizzard-set-cover-uk-29143829

 

and the actual "facts" buried in the article:
 

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Meteorological maps showed a band of snow headed towards Scotland, where upwards of 6cm was forecast in the Highlands and the west from Wednesday.

So now a small portion of Scotland's highlands is "the UK"

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