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Do you have a favourite weather presenter?
Are you irritated by some of the things they say?
I often wonder why things go in pairs - "spits and spots", "dribs and drabs", bits and bobs".
I often wonder why they say it is going to be "a grey old day", or a "cold old day", or a "windy old day".
Why "old"?


Daniel Corbett, the fussy camp one doesn't say 'temperatures' - he says 'the numbers'

My own favourite is Tomasz Schafernaker





or if you prefer.......

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I can't stand Sian Lloyd. She's so precious and twee and her face is irritating. I'd like to see a realistic forecast, something like: 'Well, today it's gonna piss down pretty much everywhere so if you haven't got a brolly then tough shit'

I couldn't give a stuff where the wind is coming from or from what country or at what pressure. All I wanna know is if it's gonna be cold and if it's gonna rain.
Karma_
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I once heard Sky News say: "There'll be a few showers over India." My! That was useful.
Zackly They fluff it out with so much crap and some talk in a really patronising tone and go into stupid detail (like this country doesn't know what rain is - are they sure??!)

The best one for me was in '87 when Michael Fish said rumours of a hurricane were ridiculous and within hours roofs were flying in the air and trees were skipping down the road
Karma_
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I don't know which region you guys are in but we don't have those presenters here in West Yorkshire. We have a cringeworthy person on our local news programme Calendar, who likes to think he comes across as jolly and smiley, he is a right twerp.His name is Jon Mitchell.
Paul Hudson is much better!

The best weather forecaster is a piece of string, hung outside.  If it's wet, it means it's raining.  If its going back and forth, it means it's windy.
Suzi-Q
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The best one for me was in '87 when Michael Fish said rumours of a hurricane were ridiculous and within hours roofs were flying in the air and trees were skipping down the road
But it WASN'T a hurricane!
It was a bad storm with hurricane FORCE winds - gusting.

Apparently the wind speed wasn't high enough for long enough to make it a hurricane.
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing

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