shipping forecast

[john mc dermott]

The shipping forecast is one hundered years old today.How many lives has that programme saved over the years.

[happy daze john in oz]

I do recall hearing the forecast as a young lad and wondered where some of the places were.
Rockhall, Shannon, Fairisles, Orkney and a few others.
Since then have seen a few and was in Orkney this year.

But how many other nations do such a comprehensive coverage of weather forecasting for local shipping I wonder?

[j.sabourn]

Biscay
Finisterre
Sole ,
Plymouth,
Lundy,
Shannon,
Fastnet,
Rockall,
Malin,
Irish Sea
Hebrides,
Bailey,
SE Iceland,
Faroes,
Fair Isle,
Viking,
Forties,
Cromarty,
North Uist and South Uist.
Fisher,
Dogger,
Forth,
Tyne,
German Bight,
Humber,,
Thames,
Wight ( the one between Thames and Wight small in size and 4 letters never could remember)
JS

[James Curry]

https://youtu.be/dFdas-kMF74

Brings back memories, just skip the ads enjoy

[Brenda Shackleton]

Hello John,

Some of the names have changed in recent years. so the groups go something like this
Viking; North Utsire, South Utsire
Forties, Cromarty, Forth
Tyne; Dogger, Fisher
German Bight, Humber, Thames
Dover, Wight, Portland
Plymouth, Biscay, Fitzroy* renamed from Finisterre in 2002. Vice- Admiral Robert Fitzroy was the founding father of the Met. Office in 1854. Also Captain of HMS Beagle, with its most famous passenger on board; Charles Darwin
Sole, Lundy Fastnet
Irish Sea, Shannon, Rockall
Maiin, Hebrides, Bailey
Fair Isle, Faeroes, SE Iceland
Trafalgar. Doesn't feature in every Broadcast ; only the 0048 Bulletin

Just finished reading, "Attention All Shipping " by Charlie Connelly. A Journey round the Shipping Forecast.
Interesting read . Bit rambling in places but OK

Hope you don't mind the corrections
Brenda

[j.sabourn]

Still can’t place that one between the Thames and Wight. ? JS.PS was it Oust ??? …JS

[Des Taff Jenkins]

I used to like listening to the forecast, the blokes voice was mesmerizing once he started. Wasn't his name James Arnett or something like that?
Des

[j.sabourn]

Not the one who made biscuits Des was it ? Or was that Arnott ? . Cheers JS.

[j.sabourn]

#7 The people in the background must have been quick to make up a synoptic chart of the areas , and mostly all made from Barometric Pressures supplied from ships at sea , there must have been hundreds to join up those isobars . Totally different today the spy in the sky does most of the work. Cheers JS.
Maybe that’s what they mean by A1. ? JS.