BBC2 9pm Tonight - Will it snow ?

Discodog · 06-11-2011 11:29am #1

Kate Humble, Adam Rutherford and Alys Fowler assess what Britain's weather will be like this winter, following the high levels of snow that caused chaos across the nation in 2010. The presenters explore how methods of prediction have developed through the centuries, from medieval folklore to modern supercomputers, and discover how people and businesses are preparing for the possibility of more severe weather in the months to come.

Pangea · 06-11-2011 11:48am

Was just about to post about this, should be good.

200motels · 06-11-2011 11:56am

It's on BBC HD as well.

Sponge Bob · 06-11-2011 12:16pm

Is it all entirely about snow ( and cold) or will they cover Azores High excursions, sub tropical airflows and heat as well.

Kippure · 06-11-2011 9:30pm

Dont forget now.....9pm bbc2.:D

Harps · 06-11-2011 9:37pm

Program on RTE 2 about tornadoes right now as well for anyone who's interested

TheMilkyPirate · 06-11-2011 9:47pm

Looking forward to this!

DominoDub · 06-11-2011 10:02pm

Snow P@rn !

NIALL D · 06-11-2011 10:04pm

stayin in a hotel in dublin , an of course the bbc2 channel is blank..
wanted to watch this .. fup !!!!:mad:

vonbarracuda · 06-11-2011 10:09pm

wow that Met Office is some building

darkman2 · 06-11-2011 10:17pm

Will the Donegal postman be making a cameo appearance?

DominoDub · 06-11-2011 10:18pm

Snow and cool Tech Gear perfect viewing.

mountainy man · 06-11-2011 10:21pm

snow porn and kate humble

irish1967 · 06-11-2011 10:42pm

Dats a lot of grit !

Pangea · 06-11-2011 10:47pm

The forecast that fella was basing his stock on sounded pretty much identical to our own M.T Craniums

mountainy man · 06-11-2011 10:49pm

Never knew that they put molasses in the grit, well ya learn somtin every day:)

always thought that the rocksalt was dirty.

je55ie · 06-11-2011 10:49pm

Pangea wrote: »

The forecast that fella was basing his stock on sounded pretty much identical to our own M.T Craniums

Yes I thought the same

TheMilkyPirate · 06-11-2011 10:57pm

I want a snow making machine

irish1967 · 06-11-2011 10:58pm

I may have to eat some humble pie.

ninebeanrows · 06-11-2011 10:59pm

So is it going to snow in my backyard on Christmas day or not?

pistolpetes11 · 06-11-2011 11:01pm

irish1967 wrote: »

I may have to eat some humble pie.

Why is that now ?

pistolpetes11 · 06-11-2011 11:07pm

This programme just seems to be about why its so hard to make accurate forecasts ,

Some good parts in it but overall it was disappointing.

Although they did say the MET office are not going for a particularly cold winter

thetonynator · 06-11-2011 11:15pm

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

This programme just seems to be about why its so hard to make accurate forecasts ,

Some good parts in it but overall it was disappointing.

Although they did say the MET office are not going for a particularly cold winter

Well the general layman doesn't understand that, so maybe it's a good idea to make the program about that!

And the met office aren't going for any sort of a winter - at least not publicly!

Don't have the bbc here, so I haven't been watching.

eskimocat · 06-11-2011 11:16pm

missed most of it... shucks.... the bit I did manage to catch at the beginning seemed good... the science bit! so did I pick up this right that blocking over ireland and the uk is what brought snowmagadden on us last year?

damino · 06-11-2011 11:23pm

One of the forecasts sounded like MT Cran's forecast. So looks like its going to be a cold one with snow:)

NIALL D · 06-11-2011 11:32pm

any way of seeing this online ???

kstand · 06-11-2011 11:34pm

Was looking forward to this all day but have to say I found it extremely disappointing. There was nothing about long range forecasting methods nor did they speak to any firm doing long rnage forecasts. In stead they focused on the problems heavy snow can cause, why the public should not ignore it and even had a bit telling people to leave peanuts out for birds when it does snow. It was more of a nature programme than a science programme and quite frankly, little or no effort went into it. The title was definately misleading. Very disappointing all round.

pistolpetes11 · 06-11-2011 11:40pm

thetonynator wrote: »

Well the general layman doesn't understand that, so maybe it's a good idea to make the program about that!

And the met office aren't going for any sort of a winter - at least not publicly!

Don't have the bbc here, so I haven't been watching.

Well thats what the presenter said on his wrap up about the MET,

They could of spent more time on the science behind the forecasting or even spoken to some of the Long Range Forecasters in the UK.

damino · 06-11-2011 11:45pm

It was a bit of a let down. To me I thought the presenters were biased in favour of the UK Met Service. Never really gave any attention to any of the independent forecasters. Still the manager from Morrison's sounded like it was from MT's forecast with the worst to come in the new year but still there will be snow in December.

Pangea · 06-11-2011 11:48pm

I thought it was a good programme, better than More Fours programme over the last 2 years.
They covered every type of forecaster, the met uk, the nature observer and the independent forecasts.

Speak Now · 06-11-2011 11:51pm

Very good show unless of course you actually expected an answer to the question

Liked the bit about the blizzard that struck during rush hour in Scotland. A bit like here, everyone moaning about it not being expected even though it was well forecast. I blame out of date forecasts given out after the hourly news on radio over here, usually well out of date. For example how often are they still forecasting weather that has already clearly passed over :rolleyes:

Iancar29 · 06-11-2011 11:52pm

Pangea wrote: »

I thought it was a good programme, better than More Fours programme over the last 2 years.
They covered every type of forecaster, the met uk, the nature observer and the independent forecasts.

... I .... VAGUELY remember them saying " Yes It WILL snow "...

, where though now.... ye well that wasnt in the title hehe

mike65 · 07-11-2011 12:01am

I was disappointed that they didn't get a bit more into the science of the jet stream, el nino/la nina, sunspots (though we at least got something about the latter).

Tindie · 07-11-2011 12:04am

Very poor show, i was looking forward to it as well!
My old Brother (Who loves the discovery channel) I found this really dull
told me to change after 40mins into show!

Speak Now · 07-11-2011 12:05am

Tindie wrote: »

Very poor show, i was looking forward to it as well!
Turn it off after 40 Mins

Last 20 mins was amazing :eek:

missrandomer · 07-11-2011 12:51am

I would of thought they would have talked to some other forcasters other than the met office. Obvious choice but they mentioned alot of people look at internet for the weather, then why not talk to some of the people who are behind the forcasting.... surely it would have been a little bit more varied instead of just saying they cant go beyond 3-5 days...

Still i kno wat im askin off santa.... defo a snow machine, pple would rent them like bouncy castles i reckon:D

200motels · 07-11-2011 1:01am

I thought it was very poor.

BLIZZARD7 · 07-11-2011 1:35am

baraca wrote: »

I want a snow making machine

http://www.snowathome.com/index.php

Im seriously tempted to buy one!

Dan :cool:

NIALL D · 07-11-2011 11:38am

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

http://www.snowathome.com/index.php

Im seriously tempted to buy one!

Dan :cool:

i would buy one no bother only it has to be -2 or less to use it !!! pity ..

Sponge Bob · 07-11-2011 12:11pm

Did you know that it is snowing on the Equator according to Snow Forecast ......which is a website that forecasts Snow.

homersimpson · 07-11-2011 2:07pm

There is a repeat of this on tonight at 12:20 on BBC 2

:D:D:D

The Sparrow · 07-11-2011 2:16pm

The serious flaw was that they didn't talk to any independent forecasters. They kept mentioning the internet and they even had a spot with the presenters looking up some internet forecasts. But they never spoke to any of these forecasters.

It was a real flaw in the programme and I'm surprised that it was allowed to happen. Basically the whole point of the programme was whether long range forecasting is credible and yet they didn't feature any long range forecasters.

NIALL D · 07-11-2011 5:56pm

repeat tonight at 12.20 for anyone that missed it !!
on sky channel 142 , must record it...

jimmy.d · 08-11-2011 11:32pm

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BBC2 9pm Tonight - Will it snow ?

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