Sir, Roger Rose is frustrated by the patronising nature of TV weather forecasts (letter, March 26). He could visit the aviation section of the Met Office website, which gives detailed and accurate predictions for airfields across Europe.

My local weather for the next 24 hours is given in the following no-nonsense format:

EGGD 271038Z 271818 27010KT 9999 SCT030 BECMG 2022 21007KT BECMG 0003 16017KT BECMG 0104 7000 -RA BKN010 TEMPO 0310 16022G35KT 3000 RA BKN004 BECMG 0811 25020G30KT 9999 NSW SCT025 TEMPO 1118 27027G40KT 5000 SHRA BKN020CB.

This loosely translates as: “Sunny now, wet and windy later. Landing could be interesting.” He may find the associated decode section helpful.

Dr James Rogers
Bristol

Sir, Is the weather presenter who came up with “spits and spots of rain” (letter, March 28) also responsible for “cloud bubbling up”?

Sandy Pratt
Lingfield, Surrey

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