fill Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) I have tried looking at several sources for an accurate weather forecast for sheffield it seems that most of those that try to predict the weather for sheffield are 1 unaware that between sheffield and manchester there is a wee hill or ridge if like that at times has a significat effect on the weather and the difference between the weathere in the proximity of those two major cities. some of you will perhaps know that said hil or ridge is also known as the pennines some 268 miles in length and at one point 2900 feet in height. some call the pennines a mountain some a range, some the backbone of england. but it appears many weather forecasters either know not of its existence or choose to ignore any influence on the wather that the pennines might have. having learned that we can not really trust the british <removed> corporation for accurate news the same can be said at times but far too often about their weather forecasts so who do we go to or where do we look for an accurate weather forcast that covers sheffield for the next 7 days? i was very fortunate that i once had a neighbour a retired in shore fisherman that could predict the weather very accurately for about a week in advance and give a very reasonable guesstimate for the weather to come over the next couple of months or so. sadly he died recently. but there are many others with the same set of skills they do not need satellites or weather balloons why they are not employed to give us something we can rely on is beyond my understanding so to my question ... does anyone know of any source of an accurate published or even broadcasted weather forcast please? and for those that recall the early days of radio hallam when the djs used to lean out of the window and tell you what the weather was actually doing.... please nothing like that and here's a btw does an-yone know why tv and radio weather presenters bother to waste time of which they are allowed precious little usually to inform us what the weather has been like all day... like that matters to anyone? Edited January 17, 2019 by nikki-red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Cats Hat Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Why don't you just use the BBC Weather app? It's usually pretty good +/- half an hour. Only for the next three or four days though. Long range forecasting is still vey flaky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefface Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Having read your post, I just compared the bbc weather website forecast for Manchester and Sheffield over the next couple of days, they are definitely different, which would possibly reflect the how the pennines do actually influence the weather for both cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fill Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 beefface.... and this time they have made the distinction ... what remains now is to test the accuracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 There is this one, https://www.ventusky.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 hour ago, beefface said: Having read your post, I just compared the bbc weather website forecast for Manchester and Sheffield over the next couple of days, they are definitely different, which would possibly reflect the how the pennines do actually influence the weather for both cities. The weather will vary hugely from one part of Sheffield to another to be fair. All weather data in this country comes from the Met office. Various outlets might present it differently but its all coming from the same place. I find the Met office app quite reliable, but its a forecast not a guarantee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaytie Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 At one point used to look at Accuweather, at Weather City and BBC and sometimes they'd all be quite different. The one most consistently accurate on these occasions was the BBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdamarine Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I use Metcheck. On Christmas day it said snow on the 16th of january Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 3 hours ago, fill said: I have tried looking at several sources for an accurate weather forecast for sheffield it seems that most of those that try to predict the weather for sheffield are 1 unaware that between sheffield and manchester there is a wee hill or ridge if like that at times has a significat effect on the weather and the difference between the weathere in the proximity of those two major cities. some of you will perhaps know that said hil or ridge is also known as the pennines some 268 miles in length and at one point 2900 feet in height. some call the pennines a mountain some a range, some the backbone of england. but it appears many weather forecasters either know not of its existence or choose to ignore any influence on the wather that the pennines might have. Cross Fell, the highest point in the Pennines, is further north than the bulk of the Lake District so has negligible affect on Sheffield's weather. The Pennines do affect the weather in Sheffield and Manchester to some extent but they're hardly the Alps. The biggest influence on UK's weather is generally the sea and both Sheffield and Manchester are near enough to the sea for it to moderate the effect of the weather so there isn't a huge amount of difference between the two cities. What differences between Sheffield and Manchester are you expecting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidley Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Longcol said: Cross Fell, the highest point in the Pennines, is further north than the bulk of the Lake District so has negligible affect on Sheffield's weather. The Pennines do affect the weather in Sheffield and Manchester to some extent but they're hardly the Alps. The biggest influence on UK's weather is generally the sea and both Sheffield and Manchester are near enough to the sea for it to moderate the effect of the weather so there isn't a huge amount of difference between the two cities. What differences between Sheffield and Manchester are you expecting? The big difference is the amount of rain one gets more than the other My Bold Edited January 17, 2019 by kidley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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