The state-owned forecaster promised that a “supercomputer” will deliver the most accurate forecasts yet as the BBC renewed its relationship with the provider it controversially dropped.
That marked an end to a more than 90-year partnership between the two organisations, stretching back to the first radio weather bulletin broadcast on November 14 1922.
The new “expansive and long-term partnership” will focus on weather education and countering misinformation and disinformation in weather and climate areas, the BBC said.
MeteoGroup, a private European-based weather services provider, has been swallowed up by US weather services company DTN, since winning the contract in 2016.
The Met Office was said to have lost the contract over BBC concerns that its mobile app was too slow and disagreements over whether forecasts that include “probabilities”of outcomes in forecasts, which the Met favoured, would confuse viewers.
The data, first revealed in the i paper, showed that the BBC app was too pessimistic, predicting colder and wetter weather than actually comes to pass.
Carol Kirkwood delivering the BBC weather forecast (BBC/James Stack)Penny Endersby, CEO of the Met Office said: “As the UK’s National Weather Service, we are excited to be back working closely with the BBC again. Together we can reach even more people with essential weather information, helping them to plan their days, stay safe when it matters and keep well-informed in our changing climate.”
“The BBC’s world-renowned journalism will be working together with the Met Office’s weather and climate intelligence to turn science into stories and help everyone in the UK to make informed decisions about the weather.”
The BBC said the broadcaster and the Met Office are forming an exciting new partnership to deliver the most trusted and accurate weather service to everyone in the UK.”
A BBC source said: “This is a partnership with the Met Office, not a commercial relationship and we are joining together in the spirit of public service. It is not the result of a procurement.”
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