that's the weather, for now

signed photo

A great signed photo of Dan popped up on Twitter this past week:

@DamonQuerry
http://twitpic.com/tnfau - A treasured family heirloom - a rare signed picture of the BBC's Daniel Corbett.

Truly, it's a must-see.

The Weather Show - December 2009

Still no further news on the content of this programme, but according to tvguide.co.uk, it's on the BBC News Channel on Friday 25th December at 06:30 and 12:30, Monday 28th December at 07:30 and 20:30 and Thursday 31st December at 22:30.

While searching, my eye was caught by a programme called 'Tornado Training', also on the News Channel, on 31st December at 10:30 and 20:30 and 1st January at 19:30.
Not sure whether it's about weather or planes.

17th December

As usual when the weather is serious, Dan is serious.

BBCi British Isles
Some more snow likely. Great news for the children if they're going to be out and about, not good news if maybe you're heading away to Grandma's or something like that.

19:31 BBC News
Dan was at the desk in the studio talking to Luisa Baldini, comparing the cold air to a cement block again.

Luisa: Will it be a white Christmas?

Dan: Well the children want a white Christmas, all the children in us would like the same.

Countryfile
For some strange reason Countryfile was on tonight. Dan did the forecast (available for 7 days from broadcast).

Then on Tuesday, battleground really takes place. The milder air, the cold air, the two of them having a bit of a go at each other.

Mike's been a star and uploaded it to YouTube (below).

Also caught Dan on Radio 4's PM ('highways chaps will be quite busy'), on a BBC News video (UPDATE: just checked it again, it's Simon King now) and he was on the World forecasts online again, looking pleased to be talking about something other than snow.

16th December

Disappointingly, Dan wasn't on the full afternoon/evening shift as advertised on the TBT.

British Isles
Where some of us do get some snow, it won't be disappearing, ffft [dismissive gesture], like that.

18:56 BBC News
The weekend? I wish I could say it's going to be lovely and twenty degrees. I'd be lying, unfortunately.

However, a little bird told me he was on 5Live this afternoon, talking about the snowy weather.

Colder air, think of it like a big cement block, it's a bit stubborn to move.

If it's still cold and there still might be some wintry showers around for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, I don't think anyone's going to complain as long as they're indoors maybe unwrapping presents or something.

Listen on the iPlayer, 56 minutes in, available for 7 days from broadcast.

Thanks, @EthanRayne!

He also managed to slip a Dan-ism in on the new-style Radio 4 forecast:
The snow scrapers will be coming in handy across parts of the British Isles over the next couple of days.

Listen on the iPlayer, 57 minutes in, available for 7 days from broadcast.

World Forecasts
Europe
The weather across Europe feels like a bit of a inside of a deep freeze.

Look at the numbers by night, just going [dropping gesture], fmmm, straight down.

Certainly staying in the deep freeze across much of Europe for the next couple of days. That's the weather, for now.

15th December

16:29 BBC News
Ben Brown: Dan is the man with the plan

Dan: Well, I'll tell you, the plan has been to turn white in fact, unfortunately, Ben.

17:55 BBC News
You could be out there with the scraper [scraping gesture] across southern parts of Wales.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
We grab the extra layers and now it could be the snow scrapers, believe it or not.

What will it feel like at the bus stop? How about minus ten. Definitely the day for the extra layers.

19:26 BBC Four
You'll certainly see it [the snow] and go, [looks up], 'fff, boy!'.

14th December

British Isles
One of those nights where you want to throw a few logs on the fire [throwing gesture] and stay warm.

It looks like little lumps of blue just being thrown at the weather map, just like that [throwing gesture].

16:30 BBC News
That colder air from the continent, it's still coming. We've sort of said, 'no, don't' [waves it away] but it is, unfortunately, still coming.

A cold, raw sort of yucky sort of night, a night where you just sort of want to have a lovely roaring fire.

16:56 BBC News
After an interview with Julie Andrews:
Emily Maitlis: It's a hard one to beat, Dan.

Dan: I tell you, I won't be singing; everyone will be turning their televisions off rather quickly.

A cold, damp sort of night. Just a night you want to go, fmmm [thermostat gesture], notch up the central heating if you haven't already.

We've got the colder air oozing in so it's almost like having a lump of ice-cream and you sort of, vmmm, shhhh, freeze it [can't even begin to describe the accompanying gestures with that one].

17:57 BBC News
Colder air continues to come in and, as it works its way in over the next few days, watch out; we start talking about the s-word, the four-letter word - snow, in fact.

That wasn't the four-letter word beginning with s that immediately sprang to mind, but better a covering of snow than the other thing I was thinking of.

A cold sort of night, a yucky sort of night, a good night in fact for a fire.

You'll be sort of like this [huddles up] at the bus stop, perhaps.

That colder air, the blue there, just keeps oozing in like somebody's had a blue paint sale and gone, pppt [throwing gesture], like that on the weather map.

A raw sort of feel to the day, and it gets even colder and you say, 'come on, Dan'.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
It's one of those weeks where we all go rooting in the cupboard for everything we have and just extra layers to throw on.

A cold sort of night, a night for a fire really.

Then Thursday, vmmm [gestures pulling cold air in from the continent], that colder air is in place, all of these showers could be wintry, you might want your warm coats.

19:26 BBC Four
One of the nights for a couple of extra logs on the fire.

19:32 BBC News
After trailing that interview with Julie Andrews again:
You're not going to be singing about the weather; if anything, huddled in front of the fire.

The 16:30,16:56,17:57 and 18:26 forecasts have been lovingly crafted into a single video for you by terratec365, below.

11th December

British Isles
The haze of white, the foggy conditions, bear it in mind if you're out in the car later tonight, maybe heading to Grandma's or something.

You might pull back the curtains [gestures doing so] and go, 'eeurgh, gor!'

It will be a couple of extra layers if you're perhaps out-and-about shopping or something like that.

16:28 BBC News
If you tried to look out the window this morning some of us had that dense fog and you probably went like that [parting curtains gesture] with the bedroom curtains and, fwww, boy.

16:56 BBC News
Pretty good-looking weekend on tap for us. We can all take the umbrellas, the raincoats, stash them aside [gestures doing so], a warm coat might come in handy.

17:29 BBC News
Some of us might be out with the scraper in the morning [scraping gesture] and in other spots you might peel back the curtains and go, 'fufff', for the morning hours, with some dense fog.

17:56 BBC News
High pressure sits in place and with that there'll be the nuances of the night; some frost and fog forming.

That warm coat in the cupboard, put an eye on it; you might be grabbing it out as well as we head over the next few days.

18:25 BBC One and BBC News
With clearer skies, temperatures go, fmmm, straight down [dropping gesture].

Maybe planning to be out-and-about, the extra layers will come in handy.

Just keep an eye on where the warm coat is, you will be needing it eventually.

So I think, Fiona, for the time being, we look in the cupboard, find that warm parka and maybe later in the week say, 'ah yes, I'm glad I grabbed that'.

Fiona Bruce: OK, I don't think I've got a parka, but anyway, I know what you mean.

Worth watching (available for 24 hours from broadcast) just for Fiona's response at the end there.

All the above forecasts are available for your viewing pleasure, below.

19:28 BBC News
Dan's in the studio, which I've never seen happen at this time of day before. Dan talks about the predicted cold snap with the presenters before moving on to the forecast.

At least for this weekend you won't have to take that raincoat, the umbrella, you can stash those aside [gestures doing so], but you're probably already looking for the jumpers and everything.

Some of us might be out there with the old ice-scraper [exaggerated scraping gesture].

Could be the dense fog. Maybe you're one of those early morning shoppers on Saturday, watch for that.

10th December

British Isles
We can all take the umbrellas and finally just stash them [throwing gesture] to the back of the cupboard.

The ridge of high pressure that's bringing us the fine-looking weather just sitting in place across the British Isles, it looks really like a bit of a patchwork quilt, different lumps of colour.

Friday;
Might be sort of a greyish start, you'll sort of peel back the curtains [gestures doing so] looking for some lovely bright blue sky [looks up].

Could be a bit of a murky drive to work [driving gesture, but with steering wheel up near his face as if driving very carefully].

16:55 BBC News
It's going to be one of those times when you start thinking about the mittens and scarves over the next few days.

You could be out there with the old scraper [scraping gesture].

Notice how the cloud just sort of sits there, it sort of sits beneath the ridge of high pressure, almost like having a lid [makes lid-shape with hand] and it almost sits, that moisture, beneath it through the day.

High pressure, it's still there. We've sort of glued it to the weather map.

The extra layers coming in handy if you're out Christmas shopping.

Notice this blue off here [the continent], high pressure, the flow comes around it and, almost like dragging a layer of blue treacle [gestures doing so] and go, blll, like that, turning much colder for the next few days.

There's video of this one, below.

17:26 BBC News
It won't be sort of a bright blue sky day if you're stepping out tomorrow [looks up.]

17:55 BBC News
It's the time of year where we all go to the cupboards and start digging out those extra warm layers.

With the clearer skies and lighter winds, temperatures [dropping gesture] fmmm, straight down.

If you're out Christmas shopping; extra layers.

That colder air, guess where it's going? Ho-ho, it's going towards us.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
Look at the numbers in the central lowlands; two, three. You'll certainly be tempted to grab a couple of extra layers if you haven't already.

I think those extra warm coats might come in handy next week.

19:26 BBC Four
If you haven't already dug out that warm coat from the cupboard, you'll probably do so in the next few days.

The Weather Show / forecast forecast

Over on the Yahoo! group, Angela has glad tidings of great joy:

According to the Radio Times, Dan is on afternoon/evenings on Monday 28th, Tuesday 29th, and Wednesday 30th December.

Yay!
Thanks, Angela.

As an extra Christmas bonus, there's another edition of The Weather Show, but no word yet as to whether Dan's doing the weather news slot again:

We will be looking at how the City handles extreme weather and what we in the UK can learn from their example. We'll also be showing off some cool weather related gadgets.

Peter Gibbs will also be on hand to look into the sky, howl at the moon and explain the phenomena of the Northern Lights.

Added to that the usual news, interviews and chocolatey treats and you have a programme packed tighter than a fat man wearing a tight red suit.

Join us on the BBC News Channel over the Christmas and New Year -
Thursday 25th December 1630 and 2130
Friday 26th December 0630 and 1430
Saturday 27th December 0130
Thursday 1st January 1730

It's broadcast on CHRISTMAS DAY, peoples. There's a present for you.
Fingers crossed.

UPDATE:
Erm... just checked my calendar. Isn't Christmas Day on Friday this year? Is this last year's? Seems rather familiar...

9th December

British Isles
Two's your number in Belfast; you might be tempted to run back inside for an extra layer or two.

16:31 BBC News
A decent-looking day, fine for the most part, leave the umbrella at home for a change.

16:56 BBC News
You can finally take the wet-weather gear and stash it into the back of the cupboard [throwing gesture] for a change. Fine-looking weather for Christmas shopping the next few days.

There's the ridge of high pressure, just sort of sitting there. Think of it like putting some glue on it [glueing gesture] and just leave it there so all of the weather systems that are trying to come in, they really can't.

17:56 BBC News
The master at work:
Today, though, temperatures were reasonably mild but there was a fair bit of cloud [looks up] so it wasn't the sort of day you'd sort of say, 'ah, very pleasant'. Scenes like this [turns to backdrop (Oxford Street?)] probably very pleasant on your high street for Christmas shopping.

Further south looking fine with the numbers about six for East Anglia. Ipswich, step out the door, that's the number that greets you with fairly bright skies.

A fairly bright, dry-looking start. Instead of bundling up with all the layers [gestures being bundled up], at least it's going to be a dry-looking, decent sort of day.

A dry sort of day because our ridge of high pressure sort of building in and almost like driving a car [gestures doing so], fmmm, shift it into park, it doesn't move.

Seven, eight, nine, ten eleven; those are the finishing numbers.

There's our ridge of high pressure, sitting in place and that more or less just sort of sits there, remember we shift it into park [gestures doing so], so all the weather systems trying to come in, uh-uh, stay away.

Notice the numbers; five, six, seven, maybe an eight, so you might be digging out that warm coat over the next couple of days too.

Take the extra layers if you're going out Christmas shopping.

There's video of this gem below.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
There's our ridge of high pressure, and almost like you take some glue and you stick it on the back of it [glueing gesture] and you leave it there for a couple of days, it keeps the weather systems away so you can expect some foggy mornings and some frosty nights.

I think for many of us, turning drier but grab that extra coat.

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

19:26 BBC Four
A nice-looking change in our weather, we can take the umbrella, the raincoat and just throw it to the back of the cupboard [throwing gesture] but dig out the warm coat.

There's our ridge of high pressure. We'll stick a bit of glue on it [glueing gesture] so it'll more or less sit in place for a couple of days.

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

4th December

BBC Radio Bristol
Maybe if you are an early riser you'll peel back the bedroom curtains and you say, 'ooh, lovely'.

By the afternoon you'll peel back the curtains, or close them very quickly.

Hold on to the hats if you're out-and-about maybe walking to the park on Sunday.

Trevor Fry: The one good thing about the weather we're having, Daniel, it gives you a wonderful opportunity to use some terrific adjectives. That was brilliant!

Dan: The one way I like to describe it is that with all the weather systems you almost need a scorecard.

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

BBC Radio Devon
After a caller recounts UFO sightings:
Vic Morgan: It is extraordinary the amount of things that are seen, but rarely seen right now, Mr. Daniel Corbett, is a big orange thing that glows in the sky called the Sun. You don't see an awful lot of that lately.

Dan: No, and when you see it you go, 'oh my gosh!'.

After the forecast:
Vic: Is there a settled spell heading our way any time soon?

Dan: It's probably called Summer, yes.

You almost need a scorecard to keep an eye on all the weather systems.

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

Shipping Forecast
Dan read the Shipping Forecast in his usual reassuring tone. 1m in, available for 7 days from broadcast.

2nd December

Despite being down on the TBT to do the whole afternoon/evening stint, I only saw him on BBCi, the last two News Channel forecasts and BBC Four. Oh, and he was probably on Radio 4 just before 6pm too.

British Isles
With all the different weather systems spreading in across the British Isles, you almost need a scorecard [scorecard gesture - see pic] to keep an eye on them over the next few days. In any event, you'll still need the warm coat and the wet weather gear.

You're going to keep the warm coat handy and still the umbrella too.

18:57 BBC News
What's going on? It looks like just a mess, like taking lumps of paint and you go, fmm, fmm [throwing gesture] like that.

Still going to have this leftover thing here, this weather front, just sort of bending around, almost like it's got some glue stuck to the weather map.

You almost like need a scorecard [same scorecard gesture as before] to keep an eye on the weather systems. If you want to as well, you can always check details on the weather systems, just go online. That's the weather, for now.

There's video of this one, below.

19:26 BBC Four
The weather across the British Isles continues to be a bit of a roller coaster ride [missed opportunity to whip out the roller coaster gesture here IMHO], you don't know one day whether it's the mittens, the scarf or the extra warm layers. The wet-weather gear in hand for tomorrow, it'll be cold.

As I type, the iPlayer is down for maintenance, but this URL might do the trick when it's back up again. Dan should be on around 26m in, usually available for 24 hours from broadcast.

UPDATE:
Dan's on the World video forecasts. Quite a few Dan-isms too!
Thanks for the tip-off, Weatherwatcher!

Africa
Look at that, Cape Town; deckchairs into the garden [deckchair gesture].

Middle East
Quite chilly as well further north overnight, the numbers just go, fmm, straight down [dropping gesture].

North America
Notice some of the numbers inland, you say, 'cor, those look a bit strange'.

And Winnipeg, you can just see the layers on the end of the bed [indicates depth of layers].

1st December

Dan was on the BBCi British Isles forecast this afternoon (a chilly old start, you might be scraping the car [scraping gesture]) and then popped up again on the 18:55 on the News Channel, the 19:26 on BBC Four (you don't want to take the warm coat and stash it away just yet [coat-in-cupboard gesture]) and then, wait for it, AT THE DESK on the News Channel at 19:32, talking about November's record rainfall.
Yes, people; AT THE DESK - and a little trip walk over to the forecast area, the likes of which we haven't seen since the old 'News 24 pod' days.

And, my friends, the video is under the cut for your viewing pleasure...

weather stuff

While we eagerly await the return of Dan, you may be interested in a couple of off-topic weather-related bits I stumbled across this weekend.

Firstly, on the BBC News site, there's a short video report about the Shipping Forecast:

The Shipping Forecast has been running on BBC Radio since the 1920s - and while its purpose is to tell mariners the sea conditions, the forecast also has an enduring appeal to land-locked listeners.
Nick Higham finds out why the Shipping Forecast is such an important part of the British consciousness - helped by Met Office forecaster Steve Randall, Devon fisherman Geoff Ingram and Radio 4 announcer Carolyn Brown.

Secondly, it seems there are more changes afoot for the BBC Weather website.

We have made it easier to "Find a Forecast" when you arrive and easier to scan the 24-hour and five-day forecasts to see the weather trend over the coming hours or days.
Everything you found on the site before, you'll still find there now - it'll just be easier to get to the forecast information you need.

Reading the comments, it seems ironic that many people prefer the old weather website.
And I didn't write comment #13, honest!

sound effects

Matt Taylor mentioned Dan on Janice Long's show last night (well, this morning. You know what I mean).

Start listening around the 1h 48m mark.

Janice: Wouldn't it be great if you could do the weather ... on the telly with sound effects? Would they let you?

Matt: Er, Dan Corbett does his own, though. Dan Corbett manages to get some of them in.

Janice: Does he?

Matt: Yes, he does a few sound effects in there. I couldn't go on his territory.

Janice: Well, I've never heard him do them.

What planet has she been on then?

(BTW - Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor on their new arrival!)