weather forecast

i'd always wondered why the weather forecast in my dashboard [set of widgets for macs] was so optimistic in its sun and temperature forecasts. turns out it was giving me the forecast for london arizona not london england! good job i wasn't relying on it for anything.

the forecast to the widget is supplied by accuweather.com [oh irony], who along with the usual air quality readings give their US readers this frizz index to warn of a bad hair day caused by atmospheric humidity. over here the bbc doesn't concern itself with such things, and i can't say it's an issue for me anyway ;)

accuweather also features the unfortunately named joe bastardi. "Mr. Bastardi is one of the most influential forecasters in the business. He is referred to as 'almost a legend' by colleagues." that's not quite how he'd be referred to by colleagues in england, but americans are so polite ;)

i also note that brett anderson has been working as a meteorologist since leaving suede

Comments

[cheryl]

i, for one, think every weather forecast should come with a frizz index.

[julie]

i also think they could help us a bit more with our daily clothes colour selection (for those of us that get our clothes ready the night before we have to get up early to go to work) - it is nice to feel that one is prepared and in tune with one's environment, so a bit of assistance through the forecast would be good i think