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drama queen weather forecasters!!!!

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sue1169 Sun 02-Apr-17 20:48:01

Why do weather forecasters feel they need to give the forecast in such a dramatic way? I just watched the one on countryfile...and Ive honestly no idea what the weeks weather is going to bring....thought she was doing an audition for a drama production....aaaagh!!!!

sweetcakes Mon 03-Apr-17 12:29:27

Thomas I mean sorry I should have said.

nannypiano Mon 03-Apr-17 12:40:46

"If only they would stop saying wall to wall sun" I find it so annoying . Glad to get that off my chest at last. Does it annoy anyone else or just me?

eGJ Mon 03-Apr-17 12:41:29

Has anyone seen the Italian weather forecast? It is presented by military men in uniform - very serious, but if they handcuffed them they would be lost!! grin

Mauriherb Mon 03-Apr-17 12:50:59

Oh nannypiano I'm glad I'm not the only one! ! Whenever they say "wall to wall sunshine " I want to shout "what walls, where?" !

Mauriherb Mon 03-Apr-17 12:53:36

Being a hayfever sufferer I can't understand why the weather forecasters tell us about the pollen count. If you don't suffer then you don't want to know, and if you do suffer then, trust me, you don't need a weather forecaster to tell you that the pollen count is high !

Legs55 Mon 03-Apr-17 13:16:09

Mauriherb exactly I'm a fellow hayfever sufferer, don't care about pollen count my body tells me if it's high.

I hate the way some forecasters deliver bad weather with a smile, I'm not smiling at the thought of rain & high winds

GrandmasueUK Mon 03-Apr-17 13:29:45

My late mum used to prefer the BBC weather forecast because she thought they always predicted better weather!

janeainsworth Mon 03-Apr-17 13:32:51

Presumably that was pre-Michael Fish, grandmasue grin

sue1169 Mon 03-Apr-17 13:34:40

I also dont like to be told to...wrap up warm!....?

tigger Mon 03-Apr-17 13:38:39

Didn't you know sue1169 that not only can Anya be rather acerbic but is also a paid up member of the Grammar Police.

janeainsworth Mon 03-Apr-17 14:15:51

What an unpleasant remark, tigger.
Note that I am criticising the remark, not you personally.

Yorkshiregel Mon 03-Apr-17 14:31:06

My Mother's passion in the 1950s was the weather man. She even had a signed photo of him. Cannot remember his name but I think it might have been Cyril. He had a little moustache and looked like a gentleman.

instagran Mon 03-Apr-17 15:13:34

"Spits and Spots" (of rain) - yuk!

tigger Mon 03-Apr-17 15:20:09

And Anya's posts aren't unpleasant Janeainsworth?

janeainsworth Mon 03-Apr-17 16:22:39

Nothing unpleasant on this thread tigger, except for your post.

norose4 Mon 03-Apr-17 17:54:35

I loose the will to live listening to the forecast these days. They go on & on I don't want to know about iccebars etc , looking out of the window suits me just fine now & the tv remote control ! Sad to say I even timed how long the poor presenter had to willtle on , foragaging for new description of what after all is just weather , cold warm hot sunny damp foggy etc etc ... sorry rant over I didn't realise quite how much I hate it ?

tigger Mon 03-Apr-17 18:57:43

Well Janeainsworth, try yesterday's postings. "Your son is acting like a petulant child". Unpleasant is an understatement.

merlotgran Mon 03-Apr-17 19:02:47

You're referring to a different thread, tigger

Put your wooden spoon away please.

tigger Mon 03-Apr-17 20:52:26

No wooden spoon merlotgran just stating a fact, some of Anya's postings can be unkind.

sue1169 Mon 03-Apr-17 21:10:20

I always feel *Anya *is so angry.......clever.direct but angry....but suppose we all have problems/issues at times...anyway. the weather?. been beautiful today despite annoying forecaster...☀

00mam00 Mon 03-Apr-17 22:06:54

Yes Sue1169, Sundays Nature File's weather forecaster really wound me up. Her expressive falling away at the end of sentences was really annoying. I would have pressed the silent button but my DH was watching it.

There is so much whispering, falling away or asides in programmes I often have to put subtitles on to get the full dialogue.

merlotgran Mon 03-Apr-17 22:19:25

We laughed at the jeans and jumper she was wearing. Weather girls are normally done up like dog's dinners but she was obviously prepared to give Adam a hand with the goats if needed.

BlueBelle Mon 03-Apr-17 23:22:52

I really must pay more attention I don't know any of these names you're talking about I think I must just zone out there's one guy who has an annoying half English half American accent

frances69 Tue 04-Apr-17 06:33:18

We live in Chesterfield and get Yorkshire weather but we often get elbowed out.or they have run out of time and wisk away before they come down our area,,

merlotgran Tue 04-Apr-17 10:01:23

Well, they got the bit about today's high tree pollen count right. Less than five minutes after getting up I had shaky legs, sneezing, itchy eyes and lips feeling twice their normal size.

Anti-histamine kicking in now thank goodness.