UK Met Office Loses Contract to BBC for Forecasting

[TokWW]

And a New Zealand Company (Forecaster) is one of two providers who complied with the tender request.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11819164/Met-Office-lost-BBC-contract-over-dumbing-down-rows-and-weather-app.html

The Met Office is rated the best forecasting body in the world. Its four-day forecast is now as accurate as its 24-hour forecast was 30 years ago and next-day temperatures are correct 91 per cent of the time. From this autumn its new supercomputer will allow more accurate updates that ever before, giving forecasts six days ahead instead of the current four and analaysing data once an hour rather than ever six.


However, despite the imminent upgrade, the BBC has ruled out the national weather service in favour of two foreign companies, Dutch based MeteoGroup and New Zealand forecasting service Metra.

Leanne and I went to the Castle of Mey on our journey north.  it was the Queen Mum's Castle, quaint and unpretentious, lovely gardens.  Now Prince Charles uses the old castle and has his "colours" laid on one wall by the stairs.


Another point of view here...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/met-office-lost-bbc-contract-due-to-arguments-over-dumbing-down-and-their-bad-weather-app-10469783.html

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[Martin4Jay]

I fore one is upset with this were hoping there will be a rethink went to there weather place was very informative and I will miss it but hope they can still keep going if the bbc pull the plug on them

[gabba]

Thanks - saw this article the other day and wondered who the new kids on the block were / may be. Metra have had a foothold with the BBC for years producing their graphics. I presume the data will be pulled from the Met Offices contribution to the global pool of data under the WMO, and Metra will use that for their modelling... if they win the contract!

Edited: Presumptious of me to assume that metra have won the contract LOL

[Martin4Jay]

I do agree gabba, still very sad, hope they do as good job as the Met Office time will only tell.

[gabba]

Haha - if it's metra that gets the contract they will!!!!

Actually it's not surprising metra are in there. They have operated as a profit making business for a number of years, for which they get alot of stick about.

Whatever they do needs to turn a profit somewhere along the line and I think it gives them the advantage when tendering for this type of work - even if they are on the other side of the world!