Severe weather warnings - crying wolf

[Phoenix of Hamble]

We should be thankful to receive any forecasts, they do have 18 other performance targets you know. From the link...

“Forecast accuracy is only one target and within these targets there are a total of 19 objectives,” she said.

“For the year 2008-09 we achieved 16 of these objectives.”

Yeah....

achieved objectives
1] Get forecasts out on time
2] Produce forecasts using standard templates
3] Accurately forecast weather for the next 1hr
4] Predict which week it will rain
5] Remember to only forecast a maximum of 8hrs ahead in the week prior to bank holiday weekends
6] Spend as much time as possible forecasting weather at international sporting events to avoid giving too much detail on UK weather
7] Remove Isobars from charts to avoid confusion
8] Group regions together to maximise chance of our guesses being accurate
9].......

3 failed objectives
1] Correctly forecast weather for tomorrow
2] Wind direction forecast within 90° of actual
3] Getting wind strength within 2 forces of actual