that's the weather, for now

23rd July

14:27 BBC News
The picnic baskets, they'll certainly be coming out through the course of the week.

14:57 BBC News
In which Dan manages to read my mind;
A fine-looking day for the seaside and for the next couple of days too, warm and some sunshine because, as I say, maybe you woke up this morning and saw that cloud [raises hands above head and looks up] and thought [frowns], 'fwww, what's going on?'.

Yes - I did just that.

The old fan in the bedroom will certainly come in handy.

15:57 BBC News
After a piece about the sunshine bringing visitors to the beach in Skeggy;
Martine Croxall: Let's see if anyone is going to share in the Skegness sunshine, Dan Corbett can tell us.

Dan: Yes, there are a few other spots where it's been lovely for the outside, for the bucket and spade.

16:22 BBCi World Forecast
Hello there. Some pleasant-looking weather across western parts of Europe. I think in some spots it's definitely the deckchairs in the garden [deckchair gesture].

forecast forecast

Next week's Radio Times has Dan down to do the weather at the end of BBC News at Ten on Monday 28th July.
Wonder if the RT is going to be any more accurate next week than it was this week.

20th July

16:29 BBC News
Good day for the old kite-flying. The winds will ease as we go through the evening hours and, if anything, as they do it'll be a chilly night. You might even be tempted to notch the old heating on [thermostat gesture].

Sunglasses as you head off to work.

16:55 BBC News
We can finally say, 'get out those picnic baskets' if you're taking the kids away for the week for, perhaps, the summer holidays.
Taking them out of school before the end of term?! Surely not!

As we go through the day, perhaps you've got the day off.
Unfortunately, no.

Then for Tuesday, our little ridge of high pressure, like you pump up a bubble and it just goes vvvv, just sort of expands.

So dust off the old picnic basket [rubbing gesture], you might even get the paddling pool out by the end of the week.

17:28 BBC News
Hello there. With an area of low pressure close by we still had that nagging wind if you were to the outside. You probably had the old hand on the hat [touches head] but the winds will ease tonight and it'll turn chilly. I fact, you might even be tempted to notch the old heating on [thermostat gesture].

I was wondering who the hell wears a hat at this time of year when, just before the 18:30 forecast (a repeat of the 17:28), there was an interview with a bishop who was struggling with his headgear in the wind.
See, Dan is always right.
Well, except when it comes to taking children out of school during term-time.

18:57 BBC News
And I think the picnic baskets might even come in handy over the next couple of days.

Really, through most of the day it should be a fine day for most of us, a good day for the outside really, almost like a packed lunch day.

Our mountain of warm air, or ridge of high pressure, almost like pumping up a balloon [pumping gesture] and just sort of starts to expand.

19th July

16:01 BBCi UK Forecast
A day for the outside, a trip to the park? I think Sunday should be a fine-looking day for the most part.

16:28 BBC News
Over the next couple of days you might just want to put the deckchairs into the garden [deckchair gesture] and enjoy some pleasant weather across the British Isles.

18:42 BBCi UK Forecast
There'll still be that breeze, but certainly not one where you're sort of outside, holding your hat [touches head] as you're to the outside.

20:25 BBCi World Forecast
Hello there. Looks like the air conditioners, the fans [spins finger in a fan gesture] will be working double time over south-western parts of Europe.

In Spain;
Certainly the day for the swimming pools.

Our sprawling weather system; almost like an octopus doing a bit of a back-flip [see pic].

18th July

16:27 BBC News
Might not be the old night for the old telescope, looking at the stars.

16:56 BBC News
The deckchairs could be going into the garden, believe it or not.

It hasn't really been the sunglasses day, has it?

Look at Sunday. If you're wondering, of the two days, the better day to cut the grass, Sunday's the one.

I wouldn't be surprised, by the end of the weekend you certainly could have those deckchairs into the garden [deckchair gesture]. That's the weather, for now.

17:27 BBC News
As we go through the weekend I think the deckchairs [deckchair gesture] could be tempted into the gardens.

17:44 BBCi UK Forecast
If you're thinking of taking the old kite out for a fly [see pic], it'll be a good-looking day for that.

If you're thinking of the two days, Saturday, Sunday ['counts' out on fingers], which day's best for the outside, cut the grass; Sunday's your day.

17:58 BBC News
After Film 24:
Hello there. If you're think it's going to be a washout of a weekend, you'll probably be spending the time at the films. Believe it or not, you could even have the deckchairs in the garden by the end of the weekend.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
Hello there. Not looking too bad, I think the umbrellas might come in handy for the first part of the weekend but, you never know, the deckchairs [deckchair gesture] by the end of the weekend.

And a rare 'that's the weather, for now' at the end - don't often see that on the Nationals.

21:43 BBCi World Forecast
It wasn't until I sat down to blog that I realised I'd seen the afternoon/evening forecaster on BBCi World a few times lately (while checking for Dan, of course).

Buenos Aires [yay!] you could grab an extra layer or two here.

forecast forecast

The next issue of the Radio Times has Dan down to do both of this Sunday evening's BBC1 forecasts (at the end of the news at 7.40 and BBC News at Ten).

12th July

21:29 BBC News
Hello there. Not a bad-looking day tomorrow, maybe you can finally take out a picnic basket and enjoy a pleasant-looking day.

And with the clearer skies and fairly dry air, don't be surprised in the morning, you might be reaching for the window to close it [gestures doing so], maybe put the extra blanket on the bed.

21:56 BBC News
Hello there. A good-looking day for us tomorrow. One thing you'll notice though tonight, you might need a couple of extra blankets on the old bed. A chilly night but a good-looking day tomorrow, dry and bright and fine for the most part. Outdoor plans, trip to the park with the kids, should be fine.

22:28 BBC News
If anything, you might be lapping on some sun cream [rubs back of hand].

So it looks like Sunday, it's a decent looking day. If you've got outdoor plans you should be in fine shape. That's the weather, for now.

23:30 BBC News
There might be one or two showers if you're thinking of wheeling the barbecue into the garden [barbecue gesture].

01:27 BBC News
It's a dry day, it's a bright day, so taking the kids to the park or maybe just doing bits and pieces in the garden, you should be fine.

You might even be wheeling the barbecue into the garden, you never know [barbecue gesture].

11th July

The TBT has been a bit of a chocolate teapot lately, so it was a surprise to see Dan on BBC News this evening and overnight.

00:56 BBC News
For Northern Ireland, it's mainly dry, it's bright if you're out early with the dog [dog-walking gesture] taking him for a walk or two, shouldn't be too bad.

A little ridge of high pressure building in, haven't seen many of those for a while, so this is probably the drier day for many of us. If you've got outdoor plans, neighbours coming round, I'd say pick Sunday.

forecast forecast

Completely forgot to blog about having peeped in the next issue of the RT yesterday. Anyway, didn't see Dan's name, so it's still a case of relying on the TBT.

8th July

16:28 BBC News
Certainly not a picnic basket, not the sunglasses, more likely the wellies tomorrow.

16:55 BBC News
After a piece about the California wildfires;
Louise Minchin: Well, I think we have quite the opposite problem here, Dan. It's going to be raining really badly isn't it?

Dan: Yes, you just take a look at the globe and you say, [pulls face - see pic] 'oh no, not again!'. Instead of the sunglasses, it's the umbrella, maybe even the wellies. Quite a lump of rain heading our way tomorrow; you're certainly not going to be outside for the picnic.

You look at this curl of cloud and you say, 'is that it?!'

17:30 BBC News
In the studio.
Ben Brown: Time to check out the weather news and let's see what it's going to be doing to us. Dan Corbett, it's not good is it?

Dan: No, it's like a roller coaster ride, it's going [makes downward gesture with hand - see pic] fmmm, straight down like that. It's the wellies again, the wet-weather gear, maybe you've managed the sunglasses today.

17:57 BBC News
Come further south there it is, the wet weather. And quite a lump of it as well, almost like we've had a blue paint sale.

7th July

17:57 BBC News
In the studio with the awful screens;
It's the same low that was around this weekend, so it's taking its sweet time.

And we'll finally try to get this area of low pressure out of the way. It's been spinning around like a washing machine on a fast cycle [draws circles in the air]

Wednesday; look at this, another lump of wet weather. Almost like you've gone like this [throwing gesture] fwww, with a big lump of blue.

18:57 BBC News
Wednesday; how about a dry day? Well, I wish I could say that.

We finish off Wednesday, get rid of this thing; bye-bye, off you go, take your wet weather with you [pushes rain off towards the continent].

6th July

Bloody tennis, interfering with the forecasts. Still, at least Dan didn't do Wimbledon this year, so I was spared the agony of having to sit through a load of tennis to see a two-minute forecast.

16:55 BBC News
And it looks like a mess, almost like you just sort of take a lump of paint on a paintbrush and go fmm, fmm, fmm [two-handed flicking gesture, repeated three times].

18:39 BBCi UK Forecast
Hello there. It's not been one of those perfect weekends for the deckchairs into the garden, maybe even the picnic baskets.

Heading off to work? It could be one of those old days [gestures holding steering wheel - see pic] with the old windshield wipers going like that [waves hand frantically from side to side].

18:56 BBC News
Hello there. It's been a soggy sort of weekend. The reason why, an area of low pressure that's just been spinning around, almost like you take the car to the beach and you get it stuck in the mud.

And then with the heating of the day we bubble up the cloud, we bubble up the showers and notice how it sort of expands, almost just goes vfff, like that.

I think it was the gleam in Dan's eye as he said this one that amused me;
By Tuesday, it's finally getting the hint.

Unfortunately, that one defied capture.

5th July

14:56 BBC News
You see this swirl of cloud and whenever you see lows like this... they really mean business, almost like pulling a top [gestures holding one] and going zzhoom [gestures pulling string of top] and it just winds up [draws big circle in air].

And then finally, come on, [shoos the low away] just move!

15:36 BBCi UK Forecast
Watch out for the rain,
...if you are driving about, say, heading home from Grandma's.

15:56 BBC News
The main low, almost like taking a push-pin and you put it here [gestures putting pin on map over the Isle of Man] and it just sort of sits there over the British Isles, just winding around [draws big circle in air]

Well, that's the end of the weekend [shrugs apologetically], we could probably do with some drier weather. Let's push this low slowly away [gestures doing so], but it's almost like it's dragging its heels [looks down as he shuffles along], not wanting to move.

On Tuesday it finally gets the hint; off you go, goodbye [ushers the low off].

16:55 BBC News
Hello there. It's not been the best day for the picnic basket. If anything, with the good old wind it's been more likely a day for the kites.

17:45-ish BBC One
Well, it might not have been the day for the summer barbecues.

forecast forecast

Some good news; Dan's name appears in next week's Radio Times. It has him down for the weather after the early evening news on Sunday 6th July, which should be the afternoon/evening slot.
Yay!

imposter alert

Tomasz Schafernaker at the end of his BBC News forecast a moment ago;

Finishing in numbers in London, temperatures around twenty-two. That's the weather, for now [point-and-nod].

Cheeky monkey!

UPDATE: