Weather forecasters

Some of them seem to have very annoying expressions which they keep repeated. I heard 'spits and spots' 3 times in one forecast.

This morning on Radio 4 the person from the Met Office said that the weather overnight had been 'poor'

Even the programme presenter said on the local news 'oh dear I must watch out for that wrapover occlusion' and pulled a puzzled face!

5000 lightning strikes in the weather bomb over the north west, Scotland and the Western Isles.
Anyone heard from Newist?

Why can't they say "mist" without adding "murk"?

It's not a pineapple express storm. Pineapple Express was the name given to the particular storm, just like hurricanes are given names.

It livens things up.

Polar Express on its way

I dislike 'spits and spots' of rain. I always wonder who is doing the spitting.

There's one thing they got right. Tonight is perfect for seeing the Geminids meteor shower. I've just been outside and seen about half a dozen shooting stars. Cold, though.

Just been outside for another ten minutes, with a coat on this time, and seen lots more.

The latest weather forecasters' phrase to annoy me is "the first (or second) half of the weekend". Every time I hear it, I wonder out loud why they can't just say "Saturday" (or Sunday).

When they say 'The wind is blowing off of the continent I get very annoyed. In fact I wrote to the BBC and asked them to use correct grammar and they did send an apologetic letter back to me.

There's something about spits and spots that reminds me of Mary Poppins??? Did she use the phrase?

She certainly did in the film - meaning 'quick sharp' or 'get a move on'! I always thought it sounded odd then, as well...

dj I "saw" newist on the shopping for Christmas thread, and she was saying the ferries were cancelled. Brings a new perspective to buying groceries!

Aaah, knew there was a connection! It is an odd phrase isn't it and how did it transfer to weather forecasts?? I had a quick google and it says the phrase originated in the film.

Apparently, we are going to be having some "lovely sparkly sunshine" tomorrow.

For goodness sake, do they think we viewers are five years old? [grumpy old woman emoticon]

Can I have a go with your [grumpyoldwoman] emoticon please, MamaCaz? I would like to use it for complaining about when the forecasters imply that we all want it to be sunny all the time and feel sad if it's going to rain. Sometimes the garden needs rain (or I just don't want to go out weeding) and I'm happy to hear that we're getting a shower or two. You're right, they are treating us as if we were rather stupid children.

On BBC. Breakfast, Carole thingy uses the word "murky" a lot, and I always reminds me of Lady Macbeth - "Hell is murky."

@WindyWilson on Twitter is my favourite weatherman. He has another job too and, like many people, was back after a couple of weeks' holiday over xmas and new year, so this was today's:

@WindyWilson88: Windy says fuk me, what a day . . . . I love this shit !! I'll have a look at the weather later on this evening, but there's not much change

Before he went to work this morning: @WindyWilson88: Windy says the only thing I struggled with this morning was my hair. 18 days without gel, and it's all over the bastarding place ha ha ha

And earlier still: @WindyWilson88: WEATHER WARNINGS - Windy says we've got some serious shit coming in on Wednesday 7th, and then on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th . . . . . .

Watch out if you live in the southeast - there's a 'band of dampness' heading your way according to the BBC! Sounds like incontinent weather system to me......