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I was reading last night that the first, in-vision weather forecast, was transmitted on the BBC on 11 January 1954, and the weatherman was a gentleman named George Cowling, and it had, (maybe predictably), a very low accuracy. In 1962, came the fax machine and electronic computer which was a little more accurate. In 1964 came the satellite reports, which were of poor quality, but in 1973, along came a new computer and made weather forecasts twice as accurate as the first, (not very impressive sounding that, but never mind). Gone in leaps and bounds since then, but these days, I`m not sure if it`s just me, but I find that forecasts relating to this corner of the country seem to be much less accurate today than they did back in the 90s or earlier. Too much reliance on computer models in recent years perhaps, or a figment of my imagination? How do you all rate the weather forecasts of today?