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date	12/02/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Weather: Forecasts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 14 January (HL222), why the Public Weather Service Customer Group's targets each year for the accuracy of forecasts do not include rainfall.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL1583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Met Office measures the accuracy of its rainfall forecasts by comparing forecast rainfall accumulation against rainfall estimates from radar and actual rainfall measurements from gauges. The Met Office reports on the accuracy of rainfall forecasts to the Public Weather Service Customer Group (PWSCG). Since 2017, the PWSCG has included verification of the forecast weather symbol as part of this formal forecast accuracy target. This measures how accurate the forecast was in terms of whether it was sunny, cloudy or raining. Since its introduction, this metric has shown that the accuracy of the forecast weather symbol has improved at all forecast time scales.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 26/02/2020 16:19:42 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1169647

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date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Weather: Forecasts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they monitor the accuracy of weather forecasts issued by the Meteorological Office; and whether the accuracy of forecasts has (1) increased, (2) decreased, or (3) remained the same during the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The core task of the Met Office is to deliver the Public Weather Service (PWS). The PWS Customer Group (PWSCG), which has an independent chair responsible to the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, monitors the delivery of the PWS against agreed performance indicators and targets, including the accuracy of public facing forecasts.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last 5 years, the PWSCG has set targets each year for the accuracy of forecasts for maximum and minimum temperature, 3 hourly temperature, wind speed and wind direction at days 1, 3, and 5 ahead. During this period the accuracy of all these forecasts has increased.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Met Office has a performance indicator that compares the accuracy of its global forecast model against other global modelling centres to demonstrate that it is maintaining its position in global forecast accuracy. Over the last 5 years the Met Office has maintained its position as the leading national meteorological service.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 14/01/2020 15:05:24 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling