Cognitive Dissonance At The Met Office

A chronological collection of Met Office press releases.

You can’t make this stuff up!

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4 Responses to Cognitive Dissonance At The Met Office

  1. omnologos says:

    They’ve been the butt of many jokes since long before anybody had dreamt of climate change…

  2. Scarlet Pumpernickel says:

    But they are related to the “Nobel Prize Winning” IPCC. Did they win the Science prize?

    Quick facts
    Who we are
    A TV weather forecast

    Who we are and where we come from.

    1. Founded in 1854 as part of the Board of Trade, now a Trading Fund within the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
    2. One of the world’s leading weather forecast centres.
    3. World leader in climate-change research.
    4. Annual turnover of more than £170 million a year.
    5. Cutting-edge researcher of science of weather.

    What we do

    A list of just some of the things we do at the Met Office.
    Portable offices in the desert

    1. Provide the National Severe Weather Warning Service and plays a central role in the Flood Forecasting Centre for England and Wales.
    2. Key advisors to United Kingdom and world governments on climate change, including the Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
    3. One of two World Area Forecast Centres for civil aviation.
    4. Provides weather information for the government, military, public and business.
    5. Commercial customers include: transport, utilities, media, health, agriculture, insurance, telecoms, retail, manufacturing, construction.

  3. truthsword says:

    The Met Office? You mean the.. we didn’t see the snow coming with our supercomputer modelling.. last year Met Office? Next we’ll be taling about the CRU… oh wait…

  4. Red Jeff says:

    Fantastic post!! Truth is indeed stranger than fiction and I can only laugh and shake my head… 6 words, 6000 laughs!!!

    All the best…. Jeff

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