Weather in the Media: TV, TABLOIDS etc.

Gentleman Off The Pitch

Some more measured and restrained reporting from the Daily Mail

droidman123

Gentleman Off The Pitch wrote: »

Some more measured and restrained reporting from the Daily Mail

Britain braced for deadly freeze: Arctic blast so severe it could kill one person every seven minutes, charity warns, with temperatures set to plummet to -15C tomorrow and yet MORE snow on the way

Why are you advertising this rubbish by posting it here?

Gentleman Off The Pitch

droidman123 wrote: »

Why are you advertising this rubbish by posting it here?

This thread, titled 'Weather in the Media: NEWSPAPER ARTICLES etc.' is full of similar links to rubbish tabloid articles concerning the weather and I posted the link since I thought it was in the context of the thread and would be of interest to readers as another example of the over the top weather related reporting that is becoming more prevalent in the tabloid media.

droidman123

Gentleman Off The Pitch wrote: »

This thread, titled 'Weather in the Media: NEWSPAPER ARTICLES etc.' is full of similar links to rubbish tabloid articles concerning the weather and I posted the link since I thought it was in the context of the thread and would be of interest to readers as another example of the over the top weather related reporting that is becoming more prevalent in the tabloid media.

yes I know this thread is full of links to tabloid rubbish, that's what irks me.surly the title was intended to be links to sensible weather related articles though. the point I am making is people keep ridiculing these alarmist articles and at the same time giving them free advertisement by posting them here,doesnt make sense. next winter and the one after that and the one after that etc etc will still see the redtops carry these ridiculous stories,we all know that,but its really becoming tiresome to see people laughing at them and then posting links here

JCX BXC

droidman123 wrote: »

yes I know this thread is full of links to tabloid rubbish, that's what irks me.surly the title was intended to be links to sensible weather related articles though. the point I am making is people keep ridiculing these alarmist articles and at the same time giving them free advertisement by posting them here,doesnt make sense. next winter and the one after that and the one after that etc etc will still see the redtops carry these ridiculous stories,we all know that,but its really becoming tiresome to see people laughing at them and then posting links here

Im not sure I agree with you.

Read the first post. Its about global warming BS. They are on every year too!
Weather in the media is hardly confined to articles that you approve of. Different articles appear all the time, so different people post them in this thread which is called "Weather in the Media: NEWSPAPERS ARTICLES etc." not "Sensible weather stories in the media".

Besides, if it was called the latter, their would be no posts in here.

droidman123

Carnacalla wrote: »

Im not sure I agree with you.

Read the first post. Its about global warming BS. They are on every year too!
Weather in the media is hardly confined to articles that you approve of. Different articles appear all the time, so different people post them in this thread which is called "Weather in the Media: NEWSPAPERS ARTICLES etc." not "Sensible weather stories in the media".

Besides, if it was called the latter, their would be no posts in here.

Take your point,but I think you are missing what I am saying.if people post ridiculous articles about weather from rag newspapers fair enough,but what bugs me is people posting these articles while ridiculing them, can't they see they are laughing at them but at the same time giving them free advertising by posting links to them here? If people think those alarmist weather predictions are so stupid,why highlight them? It only gives the rags credence to keep printing them.

Harry Palmr

So then the mayor of New York City says on advice on people who know about this sort of thing that the city will be shut down in all but name, then the snow storm turns out to be a bit less dramatic than feared and now the media is full of coverage about that fact and should he get an ear-full.

Meteorite58

Is Ireland adequately prepared for the flooding caused by a year of high tides?

Very interesting Prime time on RTE last week looking at the year coming saying there will be a series of Super tides especially in September,we are to expect some of the highest tides in 20 years! Debate also about how to tackle coastal erosion.

In some cases I think the only long term solution and financially viable options will be relocation for some residents, as for the cities? Another interesting article about the West of Ireland sinking, that wont make pleasant reading for the occupants in low lying areas of Galway .

http://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2015/0306/685043-prime-time-05-03-2015/

http://www.carlow-nationalist.ie/2015/03/10/geologist-finds-evidence-of-connemara-drowning-at-sea/

Hooter23

Hailstorms blamed for spate of traffic collisions on motorway

Freak hailstone storms have been blamed by the National Roads Authority (NRA) for a spate of traffic accidents and road closures on a €207 million stretch of motorway.

In a letter to Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey, the authority’s programme and regulatory manager Gary Lynch has attributed incidents along the M18 route to intense hailstorms.

Mr Lynch was responding to Mr Carey’s concerns over the high number of incidents on the route between Crusheen and Gort. The road first opened to traffic in 2010.

Mr Lynch wrote that “there would be a particular problem associated with hailstorms along the M18 which seem to be more frequent along this route than at other locations throughout the national road motorway network”.

He wrote: “It was such a hailstorm on January 13th, 2015, which resulted in skidding accidents and the closure of the road for a time by the gardaí.”

An earlier hailstorm on the M18 route near Newmarket-onFergus in February 2014 resulted in five separate car crashes during a 10 minute period that resulted in Gardaí, six units of the fire brigade and two ambulances arriving at the scene.

Intensity - Mr Lynch said “it is worth noting that some of the hailstorms recorded had such intensity that at one time they caused the road temperature to drop by approximately 5 degrees Celsius in a 30 minute period”.

Mr Lynch discussed the conditions experienced on the M18 with the head of forecasting at Met Éireann, Gerald Flemingwho “noted that these localised, short and intense hail showers are virtually impossible to predict or forecast even with Co Clare being well covered with the Met Éireann station and radar at Shannon”.

Mr Lynch said that “with this in mind, the only action for a road operator when faced with these conditions is to implement operations to mitigate the hazard for the road user as far as frequently practicable . . . On many of the days that hail has occurred, the gardaí have taken the decision to close the road – in some cases as a precaution and on others in relation to the response of incidents on the network

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hailstorms-blamed-for-spate-of-traffic-collisions-on-motorway-1.2159253

Thargor

The Guardian is laying into the Daily Express's lunatic weather forecasts today:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2015/apr/09/daily-express-weather-warning-beware-a-shower-of-extreme-inaccuracy

tylercollins

http://expressbingo.org.uk/

Harry Palmr

They just can't help themselves

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/569946/Weather-Britain-sun-three-month-heatwave-summer-spring

The UK will be HOTTER than Bondi Beach with a five-day heatwave starting on Monday - smashing the record for the hottest day of the year.

Forecasters predict temperatures to reach 23C before they soar to 28C - bringing revellers the country's hottest ever early super-summer.

Sun-starved Britons are expected to flock to the beaches over May bank holidays and festival goers will bask in the glorious sunshine over Glastonbury from June 24 to 28 and other major events including Wimbledon from June 29 to July 12 and the FA Cup final on May 30.

The Met Office said Wednesday is shaping up to be the hottest day of the year so far beating the 71.4F (21.9C) recorded in London on Friday.

Roasting air sweeping in from the Mediterranean on Tuesday will lift temperatures higher than Mallorca, the Costa Del Sol and even rivalling Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia (24C).

Loughc

The Mirror and The Sun have also reported the same nonsense. I hate these articles that pop up EVERY Summer, and how many three month heatwaves do we experience? The same number as the biggest blizzard on record we should get every winter according to their sources!

lovelyhurler

Fancy that... temperatures rise during the months of June, July and August, and falls during the months of November, December and January.
Who knew???????????????
:rolleyes::

Hooter23

One killed, several injured as summer storm sweeps across the Netherlands

One man was killed in the severe summer storm which swept across much of the Netherlands on Saturday. The man died when a tree was blown down and hit the car he was sitting in next to the Bilderberg hotel in Wolfheze near Arnhem, news agency ANP reported. Other people were injured in Amsterdam, Apeldoorn and Rotterdam, broadcaster Nos said, and there was severe disruption to public transport. Winds of up to 110 kph battered the country on Saturday afternoon, with the strongest gust – 121 kph – registered at the port of IJmuiden.  Weather bureau Weeronline said the gales were the strongest recorded in the summer since official records began in 1901.

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/07/one-killed-several-injured-as-summer-storm-sweeps-across-the-netherlands/

Hooter23

Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 165 degrees, near world record

Wherever you live or happen to travel to, never complain about the heat and humidity again.

In the city of Bandar Mahshahr (population of about 110,000 as of 2010), the air felt like a searing 165 degrees (74 Celsius) today factoring in the humidity.

[Iran’s heat index is literally off the charts, and this is what it feels like]

Although there are no official records of heat indices, this is second highest level we have ever seen reported.

To achieve today’s astronomical heat index level of 165, Bandar Mahshahr’s actual air temperature registered 115 degrees (46 Celsius) with an astonishing dew point temperature of 90 (32 Celsius).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/07/30/iran-city-hits-suffocating-heat-index-of-154-degrees-near-world-record/

Darwin

I read that article about Iran somewhere else - they interviewed some guy who said his clothes were dry by the time he had them hung on the washing line :eek:

On the subject of heat records, Nice (France) had it's warmest ever night on record last night - 28c at 3am.

http://www.nicematin.com/nice/meteo-la-nuit-la-plus-chaude-jamais-enregistree-a-nice.2305066.html

Not in the same ballpark as Iran obviously. Same again tonight, not looking forward to it without any AC!

Harry Palmr

The heat in the Med is presumably being trapped by the jet stream pushing south at the warm air. Meanwhile we sit in the ****e. Not that I want those temps of course. 20 would do me! :pac:

Hooter23

SHOCK WARNING: Strongest El Nino in HISTORY could bring SIX MONTHS of storms to BritainTHE STRONGEST El Nino in recorded history could lead to Britain being battered by SIX MONTHS of violent storms....

Climate scientists warned temperatures in the Pacific have increased by THREE degrees Fahrenheit in recent weeks as ocean winds have weakened. 

The so-called El Nino phenomenon, which has a huge impact on the world's weather, has only been stronger twice before in recorded history - the last time in 1997, when a series of violent 100MPH Atlantic storms slammed into the UK. 

And experts claimed this year's El Nino is STILL strengthening and could soon break all historical records with the extreme weather patterns lastng until next Spring - meaning Britain could face one of the worst winter storm seasons in living memory. 

Meteorologist Leon Brown, of The Weather Channel UK, said the super-strength El Nino could even dislodge the jetstream, leading to more unstable weather in the UK this autumn. 

He said: "A more mobile weather pattern through winter increases the risk of a wetter, stormier season in the UK. 

“The biggest impact of El Nino is around the tropics as we have started to see with a greater number of tropical storms

“However it is a very powerful phenomenon and has knock-on effects across the globe in America, Asia, Australia and Europe.

“There are signs that this year a significant El Nino is building. We think it could drive a strong jetstream which can lead to a more mobile weather pattern and  very changeable and stormy weather as we head into winter."

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/593648/Weather-Warning-El-Nino-storms-autumn-winter-Britain


I think last time this happened winter 97/98 was the year we got that big storm after christmas day was worst storm i can remember..

Harry Palmr

Oh stop. the Express and its pathetic weather porn.

Hooter23

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Oh stop. the Express and its pathetic weather porn.

Haha

BuilderPlumber

Hooter23 wrote: »

SHOCK WARNING: Strongest El Nino in HISTORY could bring SIX MONTHS of storms to BritainTHE STRONGEST El Nino in recorded history could lead to Britain being battered by SIX MONTHS of violent storms....

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/593648/Weather-Warning-El-Nino-storms-autumn-winter-Britain


I think last time this happened winter 97/98 was the year we got that big storm after christmas day was worst storm i can remember..

1997 was surely the worst year of weather I remember. Awful wet summer and awful wet and windy winter. That Christmas hurricane force storm was the worst storm I remember along with the February 2014 one. However, I do not remember a conclusive warning about either. Or if it was caused by el Nino. I was in Clonmel the time of that storm in 1997 but recall talking to people from Cavan, Leitrim and Longford and my home area of Offaly/Laois saying it was not as bad there as further south.

BuilderPlumber

Loughc wrote: »

The Mirror and The Sun have also reported the same nonsense. I hate these articles that pop up EVERY Summer, and how many three month heatwaves do we experience? The same number as the biggest blizzard on record we should get every winter according to their sources!

Very right. Yeah, I recall that after the awful prolonged snow and ice period of the end of 2010, there was talk it would come back in January of 2011. And then February. And then March. It didn't. Then, in around this time in 2011, there was predictions the coming winter would be worse than 2010. 2011/12 was a very mild winter. 2012/13 the same. 2013/14 was the worst one since 2010 but not for snow reasons: hurricane force winds. And 2014/15 passed off without incident. But a bit of cold weather before Christmas sparked off once again the media to predict a repeat of 2010 that did not happen.

Calibos

IIRC, those following Winters were indeed almost as bad as 2010, 100 miles

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>thataway

I remember being incredibly frustrated at the time. Wales snowed under just 50 miles across the Irish Sea

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/snow-and-ice/snow-cover/ea/20121001-20130331

Feb 2012 and January 2013 a week or two of snow across the water.

Going on the short amount of time I've spent on Netweather during Snow events, one got the impression that the British snowbunnies feel shortchanged when it comes to snow events. They don't know how lucky they have it. Only one out of every 3 they get make it that last 100 miles or so west over to us.

Hooter23

This headline from april and as usual its turns out the opposite of what they predict...

UK weather: Britain to sizzle in three-month heatwave with temperatures reaching 28C

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-britain-sizzle-three-month-5504384

Loughc

Hooter23 wrote: »

This headline from april and as usual its turns out the opposite of what they predict...

UK weather: Britain to sizzle in three-month heatwave with temperatures reaching 28C

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-britain-sizzle-three-month-5504384

Same as for the usual winter headlines, Britain set to FREEZE over with coldest winter on records. And the coldest it gets is -2. :P

Hooter23

“We Are Now Starting To See A Dramatic Cooling In The Arctic”, Says Former NOAA Meteorologist …”Extremely Cold” From 2025 To 2050!

Trillions are being spent on the completely wrong scenario, an independent veteran meteorologist implies. Instead of warming, we need to worry about the coming 125-year cool period, which has already begun.

A former National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist has spoken out in a just released 49-minute video that looks at climate change and what lies ahead.

The recent cold winters and expanding polar ice caps are ominous signs of a global cooling that has already begun, maintains David Dilley, now President and Founder of Global Weather Oscillations, Inc. Claims of warming have not been properly founded.

Photo right: David Dilley, Global Weather Oscillations

Dilley has forty-two years of professional experience in the meteorology and climatology and many publications. He was with NOAA for twenty years. Not only is the government wrong with its claims of a coming warming, Dilley accuses the federal government of fiddling with global temperature data with the aim of producing a false picture of what is going on.

In his must-see video presentation dubbed “Is Climate Change Dangerous?“, he examines the many drivers and factors behind climate change and why we need to focus on the real problem of a coming cooling.

Video included in link - http://notrickszone.com/2015/08/12/now-starting-to-see-a-dramatic-cooling-in-the-arctic-says-former-noaa-meteorologist-extremely-cold-from-2025-to-2050/#sthash.rQNLcA7Z.dpbs

Harry Palmr

The BBC has not renewed it contract with the Met Office, current relationship ends in late 2016.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34031785

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3207392/Met-Office-fury-BBC-gives-contract-worth-millions-foreigners.html

BuilderPlumber

Hooter23 wrote: »

“We Are Now Starting To See A Dramatic Cooling In The Arctic”, Says Former NOAA Meteorologist …”Extremely Cold” From 2025 To 2050!



Video included in link - http://notrickszone.com/2015/08/12/now-starting-to-see-a-dramatic-cooling-in-the-arctic-says-former-noaa-meteorologist-extremely-cold-from-2025-to-2050/#sthash.rQNLcA7Z.dpbs

One minute, it is global warming. Then, it is global cooling. But what is true and what is not?

Wanderer78

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