[backstage] hedging the weather

hedging the weather barcamplondon featured weather averaging for four major suppliers. I queried the sense of this given the BBC's approach... for instance today in London the (day) forecast is light rain shower that's half the rays of sun, plus a dark cloud with one rain drop. already pretty

Re: [backstage] hedging the weather

At 07:33 +0100 25/9/06, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote: hedging the weather barcamplondon featured weather averaging for four major suppliers. I queried the sense of this given the BBC's approach... for instance today in London the (day) forecast is light rain shower that's half the rays of sun,

Re: [backstage] hedging the weather

hedging the weather barcamplondon featured weather averaging for four major suppliers. got a url for the demo ? ian http://alteris.co.uk - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.

Re: [backstage] hedging the weather

Gordo, I was specifically commenting that averaging such a small data set with such a broad range had very little meaning. please note that in fact the weather today is solid heavy rain so far. whereas in fact the 24 hour forecast doesn't even represent the past very well: 10:00 sunny,

Re: [backstage] hedging the weather

Hello, As the senior developer on the BBC Weather site, I'd like to point out that the weather data displayed on the site is supplied by the Met Office, and not the BBC. We have been monitoring the sorts of discrepencies you mention between the 5day and 24 forecasts, and feeding them back to

Re: [backstage] hedging the weather

At 14:26 +0100 25/9/06, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote: kass, Please could you let us know what independent quality assessments the BBC makes to ensure that we the public are receiving good value for money in respect of this service? And meeting all legal requirements? Gordo -- Think

Re: [backstage] hedging the weather

At 13:05 +0100 25/9/06, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote: Gordo, I was specifically commenting that averaging such a small data set with such a broad range had very little meaning. And I concur! Gordo -- Think Feynman/ http://pobox.com/~gordo/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]/// - Sent via the

Re: [backstage] World Service Schedules

ah, perfect! Just what 'm after, thanks. I think 'm going to have a crack at doing it as a Yahoo Widget first, if that's successful I might look at making a better weekly schedule. Cheers, Keith Living under the Jackboot Australia is merely an island of Antarctica, and of no further