that's the weather, for now

6th November

17:28 BBC News
After a report about Sesame Street's 40th anniversary:
Gavin Esler: From the Cookie Monster to the Weather Monster. Here he is, Dan Corbett.

Dan: I tell you, if you could see some of those puppets this weekend, they'd probably have some extra layers and maybe even umbrellas if they're watching this forecast.

Maybe you're in the car in the morning, maybe going for the paper.

Or, you could just walk, maybe?
Squee! There's video, below.

18:26 BBC News
You might be tempted to grab the extra-warm coat from the cupboard [gestures doing so].

Watch on the iPlayer, available for 24 hours from broadcast.

18:57 BBC News
Well, I tell you, any of the sporting events, they'll probably need the extra layers.

5th November

17:30 BBC News
Those firework displays tonight, some of us might need some wet-weather gear just in case, you never know. Depending on where you are you might want to grab an umbrella [brolly-in-bag gesture] or a raincoat.

17:57 BBC News
Northern Ireland; soggy start to the day, tramping out perhaps in the old wellies [gestures doing so].

19:26 BBC News
Not a wash-out, but a breezy sort of day; hold on to your hats.
Available to watch on the iPlayer (unlike today's News at Six!) for 24 hours from broadcast.

1st November

22:28 BBC News
Keep that umbrella just sort of close to the hand [gestures holding one, but rather more like you'd hold a golf club].

22:57 BBC News
We finally get the low pressure to get the hint and ease away, there it goes, bye bye. And then it's a quieter sort of day, but instead of high pressure coming across and we all go, 'mmm, lovely day', there's this thing here..

A cooler feel if you're maybe outside for that packed lunch.

00:28 BBC News
Grab the umbrella, stick it in the bag [brolly-in-bag gesture].

Temperatures just that bit cooler. You won't be outside saying, 'cor, this feels nice'.

Mike's been hard at work again, uploading what may possibly be all of Dan's News Channel forecasts from this shift. They're embedded below.

31st October

It's Hallowe'en. No tricks, but a treat: Dan's on.

22:30 BBC News
The Dan-isms were flowing so rapidly I couldn't keep up.

Not been a bad looking day for the trick-or-treaters.

All of us will be holding on to the hats as we go through Sunday.

One of those days where you take the dog out for a walk and he says, 'no, not this time'.

The mass of blue, just like we've sort of chucked loads of blue at the weather map.

Almost like we've taken a top and gone [spinning top gesture], chwww!

23:31 BBC News
Hasn't been too bad through the evening for the trick-or-treaters.

If you need some more details, or just grab the brolly from the cupboard, just go online. That's the weather, for now.

23:56 BBC News
Grab the umbrella, the wet-weather gear and maybe even the wellies too. That's the weather, for now.

Video, under the cut, below.

00:29 BBC News
One of those mornings where you walk to the outside and go, [pulls face] 'euurgh, gosh!'.

Lovely sort of curl here, that's the low winding up, like you pull a top and, [spinning top gesture] shmmm, off it goes.

Video of this one (which was repeated at 05:57) under the cut.

01:26 BBC News
If you've got plans for the outside you might have to hang on a bit ... unless you want to go splashing in the puddles.

01:55 BBC News
A soggy sort of day, one of those days where you grab the raincoat, the umbrella, two hands on it as well [gestures doing so].

This is southern England, just like I've taken some blue and gone, fmmm [throwing gesture], like that, at the weather map.

Definitely sort of plodding about in the wellies or something [plods along].

By the late afternoon you might be out in the park with the family.

Video of this one (which was repeated at 02:56) under the cut.

02:27 BBC News
Quite a mass of heavy persistent rain, this lump of colour here, like I've gone mad with the green crayon.

Video, under the cut.

30th October

BBCi British Isles
If you're maybe out-and-about early, maybe doing sort of things, maybe feeding the ducks on the duck pond, it shouldn't be a bad-looking day.

Quite a low that really winds up. One of those lows where you almost like pull a string and, vmmm [spinning-top gesture], off it goes, winds up.

Not probably the best night for the trick-or-treaters unless they've probably got the wet-weather gear [umbrella gesture - see pic] or the umbrella.

Dan's also on the various BBCi World forecasts until the early hours of tomorrow morning.

14:57 BBC News
Looks like the trick-or-treaters could be grabbing the wet-weather gear as they head out through the course of Saturday night.

We still have our little weather front sitting about there, bye-bye [pushes weather front off to the continent], slowly he clears away.

The trick-or-treaters are going to be out maybe, just give them some wet-weather gear.

Temperatures shouldn't be too bad for the trick-or-treaters, eleven, twelve to thirteen. But quite a change, the old jack-o'-lanterns [points to pumpkins on backdrop] through the first part of the evening could be glowing quite nicely, then the stronger winds will work their way in, vmm, like that.

Watch the video, embedded under the cut, below.

15:29 BBC News
Missed this one (went out to feed the ducks, of course. Yes, really.), but Mike (terratec365) has kindly uploaded it to YouTube for your viewing pleasure, along with the 15:57. As ever, it's embedded under the cut.

15:57 BBC News
Anyone looking for a Hallowe'en costume for the weekend might want to bear in mind an umbrella and perhaps a raincoat.

The low winds in;
Like you just sort of pull a top and go, vmm [spinning top gesture] off it goes.

Video, below.

BBC Radio 4
You can also catch Dan's forecast at the end of PM:
Listen again, 57m in. Available for 7 days from broadcast.

28th October

16:29 BBC News
We've had another one of those days where you say, 'this is October?!'.

16:56 BBC News
The warm coats probably been stacked in the back of the cupboard, probably won't need those for the morning.

17:29 BBC News
Not a good night for the telescope either.

Certainly not like late October where you'd sort of be huddled up [hunches shoulders].

17:55 BBC News
One of those days where you step outside, you look at your watch and you run back inside to look at the calendar.

A grey old start like this morning, so it won't be a sunglasses morning [looks up. Sunglasses gesture?].

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
It's another one of those days where many of us are scratching our heads [does so] and saying, 'this is October?'.

Watch on the iPlayer, available for 24 hours from broadcast.

19:30 BBC News
Grey old start to the day. You won't be out there with the sunglasses [sunglasses gesture].

BBCi is still showing the lunchtime forecast. Gah! To make up for it, here's a picture of Dan looking very smiley from the 18:56 Sportsday forecast.

27th October

Huge Sky+ FAIL. Nothing recorded at all. Because I was out having my soul removed at Ikea, I was unable to watch live online. Ugh.

But all is not lost; we can harness the mighty power of the internet.
Mike (terratec365) uploaded a video of two forecasts to YouTube (embedded under the cut, below):

16:32 BBC News
Today is one of those days where you want to sit there and look at your watch [does so] and say, 'this is late October?'. You'll really scratch your head if you've been to the outside.

There's also an area of blue, looks like a two-legged octopus of sorts.

16:56 BBC News
The old central heating [thermostat gesture], you won't really need to muck about with that too much.

With the ridge of high pressure sitting there it's like, uh-uh, not yet.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
Instead of raking leaves it's more likely deckchairs into the garden.

Tonight it will stay mild so don't worry about the old central heating [thermostat gesture].

Watch on the iPlayer, available for 24 hours from broadcast.

19:26 BBC Four
A day where you'd sort of look [checks watch] and say, 'this isn't late October'.

Watch on the iPlayer, available for 24 hours from broadcast.

The Weather Show - October 2009

Here's the link to The Weather Show on the iPlayer (cut to the chase; this link should take you straight to Dan's bit). Again, very interesting, and Dan looks particularly happy and enthusiastic throughout.

There's video under the cut:

23rd October

22:56 BBC News
You'll be like this [umbrella gesture] for Saturday.

23:28 BBC News
If the wind wakes you up, don't forget to switch the clocks back.

Our satellite signal was AWFUL and nothing recorded (yet again. Must do something about that next week), so watched the first few forecasts online. However, all was not lost terratec365 uploaded FOUR (count 'em) forecasts from this shift to YouTube (hidden under the usual cut, below).

23:56 BBC News
It won't be a complete wash-out, but if you step out tomorrow morning you'll probably say [looks up - see pic, sucks air in through teeth] it's close to it.

You peel back the curtains in the morning [parting curtains gesture] and say, 'uurgh, gosh'.

There's the low, and see how it just sort of winds up, like pulling a lawnmower string [spinning top gesture] and, fmmm, off it goes.

01:56 BBC News
A whole mass of it [rain], like you've just taken a big lump of blue and just gone, fmmm [throwing gesture] like that, at the weather map.

02:25 BBC News
A wet, a windy day; maybe it'll just be the ducks at the duckpond [points to ducks on pond on backdrop] that might have smiles on their faces - if they could.

Look at some of the greens, the yellows, like we've got some green crayon [scribbling gesture] and gone like that.

One of those mornings if you're out early for that morning walk, you might just sort of say, 'I think I'm going to wait a few hours'.

By the afternoon you're doing a little better, maybe sort of taking the family out for the park.

Almost like pulling a string on a lawnmower [spinning top gesture] and, fmmm, off it goes.

04:56 BBC News
You'll probably be splashing through the puddles [gestures doing so].

One of those mornings you take the dog out for a walk [dog-walking gesture] he just sort of sits at the door and he's like, 'no, not yet'.

We're taking what's left of this low and you pull a string [spinning top gesture] and fmm, and then eventually the top winds down

Videos under the cut:

22nd October

We were expecting to see Dan on the News Channel overnight and, when he didn't appear, there was some concern that he wouldn't be able to get into the building after the protests at the BBC ("We are in lockdown, I repeat, Television Centre is in lockdown. Nothing in, nothing out."). Gasp!

However, either Dan had swapped shifts or the TBT was wrong - he was on the radio.

BBC Radio Bristol
I think the umbrella is still going to come in handy ... we can't put it all the way to the back of the cupboard.

Sunday is at least the day we'll start and finish on a dry note. Fine-looking day, that is the one to circle on the calendar as far as outdoor plans.

Listen again, about 58 minutes in. Available for 7 days from broadcast.

BBC Radio Devon
Saturday is:
One of the days when you take the dog out for a walk but he sits at the door and says, 'no, not yet, mate. Let's wait 'til the afternoon'.

Listen again, 1h 49m in. Available for 7 days from broadcast.

BBC Radio 2
We hear Dan was being phoned by colleagues saying, 'you can't come in!' and that his wife was trying to get in for another programme but was stuck half a mile from the building.
By the time I finally came in they said, 'you can't come in and park!'. I finally just came in and they were waving me through.

Wow, just as predicted on Twitter:

LeeConti
I'm sure when Dan Corbett arrives at Television Centre, the unruly crowd will fall silent and part to allow him access.

While we're on the subject, another tweet worth a mention:

EthanRayne
If that unwashed mob at the BBC as much as ruffle a hair on Dan Corbett's head I'll be down there with a Supersoaker filled with dog piss.

Plenty of Dan-isms in the forecast:
Through the day some of us might actually let the umbrella just dry out for a spell, until you grab it again for Saturday. Saturday is another weather system working through. Of the two days of the weekend, Saturday's kind of 'uurgh, don't look at that one'.

Just sort of a yucky day, unless you want to grab your wellies and go splashing in the puddles, then it's your day, Saturday.

Sunday is:
A day for taking the family out to the park, something like that.

Janice seems surprised to learn that Dan's wife works at the BBC. But of course, we already knew that.

Listen again, 1h 42m in. Available for 7 days from broadcast.

Up All Night
Not the day for the outside, unless you want to go stromping about in the wellies or something like that.

Listen again, 3h 34m in. Available for 7 days from broadcast.

This weekend is looking busy (out to the park with my family, of course), so updates to the blog will follow at some point next week. But don't forget to watch The Weather Show!

set the video

A quick poke about on the EPG reveals the broadcast times for this weekend's Weather Show (with Dan doing the world weather news) on the BBC News Channel:
Saturday at 05:30 and 14:30.
Sunday at 03:30, 10:30 and 14:30.

18th October

BBCi British Isles
We keep the cloud tonight, that makes it a bit mild, the cloud acts as a blanket [cloud-layer gesture] so just like a big eiderdown, you stick it on the end of the bed [gestures throwing it on], keeping it warmer as well through the night.

By the time we get into Tuesday, grab the old wet-weather gear, two hands on the umbrella.

16:00-ish BBC One
After discovering the delights of tvcatchup.com for the iPhone (via creativeview on Twitter) I watched this forecast on my phone, and got that screengrab while watching. Not bad.

Certainly not been the day for the sunglasses.

16:30 BBC News
After a report from Beverly Hills:
Maxinne Mawhinney: From Beverly Hills to here, and what's the weather doing here? It's Dan.

Dan: Probably not as nice as Beverly Hills, believe it or not. But we haven't had a bad-looking day. If you've been outside, maybe looking with the sunglasses [sunglasses gesture], you haven't needed them today.

A mild night so it won't be sort of extra blankets being thrown on the bed [gestures doing so].

16:58 BBC News
You're going to grab your wet-weather gear and certainly use it.

Not a night for the telescope.

Notice how the numbers do take their time, they don't sort of, bmmmm [dropping gesture], drop away.

Video of this one under the cut, below.

17:28 BBC News
You won't be tossing all the extra blankets on the bed [gestures doing so].

17:55 BBC News
It looks like many of us will be digging out the wet-weather gear over the next couple of days.

Then look at this thing, just winding itself up, like pulling a lawnmower string, vmmm [spinning top gesture], off it goes.

The low just sort of winding itself up like a lawnmower and, vmmm [spinning top gesture], off it goes.

Countryfile
The wet-weather gear will probably come in handy over the next few days.

The main low sitting off to the west really starts to wind itself up. Think of it almost like pulling a lawnmower string [spinning top gesture - see pic] and, vmmm, off it goes.

By Thursday we pull the old lawnmower string [spinning top gesture], the low is losing some of its oomph, look how its sort of disappearing, becoming a bit sort of vacuous and empty.

Watch on the iPlayer, available for 7 days from broadcast - or on YouTube, under the cut:

17th October

BBCi British Isles
Tonight with clearer skies there could be some patchy frost, so a few extra layers [see pic] might come in handy on the end of the bed, an extra blanket or two.

16:55 BBC News
A weak-ish weather front, the line of blue ... just sort of thinning out, you pull a piece of blue plasticine apart [gestures doing so], it just thins out.

Eastern areas, you'll be dry on Tuesday. Further west, hoho, it's the wet-weather gear for sure.

Video of this under the cut, below.

17:20-ish BBC One
You might be notching up the heating, you never know [thermostat gesture].

17:30 BBC News
Certainly going to be the night for the extra layers here and there. I think for the most part, if you're planning to head out, an extra layer as well.

17:56 BBC News
It's going to be a chilly night; you might even want a few extra blankets thrown on to the end of the bed [gestures doing so].

For many of us it'll be clear spells and watching the temperatures go, vmmm [dropping gesture], straight down.

It's quite a chilly start. If you're out early you'll certainly notice it; fwww, boy!

Video of this and the 16:55 under the cut:

13th October

BBCi British Isles
We've had this one little weather system, a bit slow moving, just sort of meandering like a wiggly blue worm of sorts [wiggles hand].

The screengrab of the wiggle does not do justice to the glory of the original. Wish I'd thought of doing an animated gif of it while I had the chance.

17:30 BBC News
Good-looking day. You look [looks at watch], you say, 'it's October, not bad'.

We had the clearer skies last night, temperatures went, fmmm [dropping gesture], straight down.

You can see it [the cloud] like a sheet, like taking a sheet and just throwing it on the bed [gestures doing so].

Video of this under the cut, below.

18:57 BBC News
Hmm, I always thought three was the magic number:
Fifteen or so should be the magic number.

12th October

BBCi British Isles
You might even be out there with the scraper on the car in the morning. Definitely the night for a few extra blankets on the bed.

16:57 BBC News
With clear skies and lighter winds temperatures are going to go, fmmm [dropping gesture], straight down for many of us. Quite a chilly night, you might be tempted to notch the old heating on [thermostat gesture].

You might be out there with the scraper on the car [scraping gesture].

Video of this under the cut, below.

17:31 BBC News
You might be tempted to not the old heating up [thermostat gesture].

Further north, for Scotland and Northern Ireland, you've had a bit more cloud, so think of that as just sort of a big thick blanket going on the bed [gestures placing blanket on bed], not as chilly.

17:56 BBC News
Clearer skies, temperatures will go, fmmm [dropping gesture], straight down. One of those nights where I think quite a few of us might be digging out a couple of extra layers and the big thick duvet on the end of the bed [gestures smoothing out duvet], might come in handy.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
Tonight's one of those nights where just a few of us might be throwing a few extra layers on the bed. Quite a chilly night ... risk for a frost, bear it in mind, maybe a few extra layers on the bed, maybe notching up the heating [two-handed thermostat gesture].

Watch on the iPlayer, available for 24 hours from broadcast.

Video of the 16:31 and the 16:57 under the cut, plus video has been added to yesterday's post too.