As a weather enthusiast ( ok weather nut!) one thing I find continually frustrating is the constant change of our weather forecasts. There was a time where they might be changed once or twice a day whereas it seems now that there are more updates than there are clouds in the sky. This could be due to the fact that better technology is now available or is it we are just more enthusiastic and not willing to settle for anything less than the very latest.

Perhaps forecasts should be called ‘now-casts’, as they often change depending on the current weather conditions. There’s one website that actually does ‘now-casting’ and it changes almost every minute of the day.

Would now-casting really prove valuable though as who wants to keep up to date with such constant change?  When we wake up in the morning most of us want to know what the weather is going to do. Will it be hot or cold? Should the washing be hung out? Do the kids need to be picked up after school if its wet etc etc etc.

There’s no doubt the weather is very changeable in our country and predicting what’s happening in the skies above us isn’t an exact science but perhaps the current approach has gone too far.

Weather Analyst, Richard Green