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Tuesday 5th 34F, sunshine promised again. Snow for tomorrow. Which probably means snow today and sunshine all day tomorrow. A walk to the lanes under a heavily clouded sky in a thin, north easterly wind. While a bright orange strip clung [only] to the horizon. I walked to the top of the hill to see the grey, distant sea.
I complained about the weather forecast website when they changed it for the worse a while back. Once it was possible to see the entire day's weather at a glance. Rain, wind, temperature, sunshine and cloud cover. Then they changed it to a series of meaningless, horizontal columns. Everything had to be clicked on or scrolled down or nothing was shown! A nightmare to check THE WEATHER and a complete, visual mess. I assumed [cynically] that it was an "overqualified, new broom" desperate to make their mark.
Now [allegedly] they want to be taken seriously. Will guilty heads roll? I seriously doubt it. No day passes when we don't complain about the inaccuracy of forecasts. Our usual comment is that they couldn't forecast last week's weather! We check the independent TV station's weather too. It's not as if you can add the two together. Then take an average between the often, completely different forecasts.
Today's promised sunshine came to nothing. There was a nasty cold wind from a northerly direction.
Governments are tightening restrictions as the pandemic worsens. Stay at home! Your delusions of "entitlement" and invulnerability cost countless lives!
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