Recommendations submitted to the MET Office to improve ice forecasting
In April 2016 I drafted a document titled 'Recommendations for improvements in MET Office ice predictions.The proposals have been put together with the help of Audax (UK) and Cycling UK. Cycling UK endorsed this document by email on 22 April 2016.It was submitted to the Public Weather Service Customer Group (PWSCG) on 25 April 2016.A second issue was created on 21 June 2016 after inputs from other national cycling bodies.The document reviews the current status of MET Office ice predictions and makes four recommendations for improvements. These improvements involve the publication of data that the MET Office generates but does not currently provide to the public in its forecasts. A principle behind the proposals is that the information should be communicated in simple direct terms. The full forecasts should be available on mobile phones.
Note: The Public Service Customer Group (PWSCG) is the independent organisation that holds the MET Office to account
1 Introduction
The cycling organisations supporting and endorsing the paper are:-
1 Sustrans
2 British Cycling
3 Cycling UK and
4 British Triathlon
This section contains :-
Sub page 1: Ice Forecasting Paper
1 The Paper submitted to the Public Weather Service Customer Group (PWSCG)‘Recommendations for improvements in MET Office Ice predictions’ : https://icycleweather.wixsite.com/iceandcycling/2-ice-forecasting-paper
Sub page 2 MET Office and PWSCG responses: https://icycleweather.wixsite.com/iceandcycling/3-met-office-and-pwscg-responses
2 Email from Kevin Daniels to MET Office 25 April 2016 which was sent with an attachment of the above paper
3 Response of 29 April 2016 by the PWSCG to the above paper.
4 Response from MET Office on 11 October 2016 to supporting email from one of the cycling organisations
5 Email from the PWSCG to Kevin Daniels referring to specific points in the above paper
Sub page 3 PWSCG minute of cycling organisations meeting : https://icycleweather.wixsite.com/iceandcycling/4-pwscg-minute-of-cycling-org-meeti
6 Approved PWSCG minute of the meeting held with cycling organisations on 21 November 2016
Supporting information is provided at : https://icycleweather.wixsite.com/iceandcycling/supporting-information
