Research by University of Reading’s weather scientists shows BBC has one of the least accurate weather apps
The two-week study conducted with the University of Reading’s Department of Meteorology found that the Met Office offered the most reliable long-term outlook, although it performed “surprisingly poorly” for short-range forecasts.
Her research found that the forecasts are often wrong and that the BBC has one of the least-accurate weather apps. “Generally, the BBC Weather app performed pretty poorly, especially at forecasts for later in the day,” said Ms Mammatt. The researcher assigned minus two points for every instance a forecaster’s symbol – such as light rain, sunshine or cloud – was different from the actual weather.Rosie Mammatt, University of Reading researcher, looked at how two weeks worth of forecasts compared to the actual weather
A BBC spokesperson suggested the symbol was picked to reflect the potentially gloomiest part of the day to help people prepare for the worst – tellingthat the symbol is “designed to represent the forecast weather that is most likely to affect the user”.
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