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].

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.

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.

22nd June

15:48 BBCi UK Forecast
Still some strong winds;
Bear that in mind if you're maybe heading home, heading home from Grandma's or something.

Monday will be:
A quieter day, a better-looking day, a fine day for the outside, maybe even a packed lunch day... maybe even the day to finally get out and cut the grass [large tractor-mower trundles into view in background - see pic, below].

16:28 BBC News
Bit of a weekend, you certainly wouldn't call it a typical summer weekend, more than likely one that you just sort of say, 'ugh, boy, glad it's over'. Some quieter weather? Yes, we'll do with that, but let's get through this evening first.

Very, very pleasant sort of morning, one of those days where you put a packed lunch in and head off to the outside.

A very pleasant day for perhaps a picnic.

16:55 BBC News
After Oddbox;
[big grin - as if someone just told him a very funny joke - see pic] Hello there. As far as the weather's concerned, certainly not one of those days where you can just mark it on the calendar and say, 'what a lovely weekend'.

A little bit of a breeze, but certainly won't be holding on to the hats [touches head] like you were, say, this morning.

The low pressure; boom, it's gone [pushes it away], we've had enough of that.

18:33 BBCi UK Forecast
A pleasant sort of day, a day you just mark on the calendar and say, 'yep, that was a nice one'.

And another recommendation to cut the grass tomorrow, this time with a better shot of Dan and the tractor. Should we take this as further proof that Dan's garden is enormous?

21st June

15:58 BBCi UK Forecast
Sunday is;
A wet and a windy day, almost a day you'd almost sort of say, 'well, this feels like winter' except looking at the leaves on the trees.

Then we finally say, 'come on, enough of you'; the weather system does finally move away [pushes it away - see pic].

16:55 BBC News
So going maybe for a walk in the park? Bear it [the strong winds] in mind. Twenty to twenty-one the finishing numbers, so numbers [pulls face] where they should be, but not a day when you'd say, 'oh, what a lovely summer's day'.

17:29 BBC News
Hello there. Certainly hasn't been the weekend for the picnic baskets, more than likely a weekend for the brollies and holding on to the hats.

16th June

Another one of those days that sees Dan inexplicably absent on BBC News, appearing only on BBCi and at the end of World News Tonight on BBC Four.

BBCi UK Forecast
And it looks like a bit of a mess, almost just like taking a paintbrush, load it up with paint and you go fmmm [two hands on paintbrush flicking gesture - see pic], like that, just sort of speckles of showers.

15th June

A quieter day today, apart from a mention of Tuesday being 'an umbrella day for some of us' on the later BBCi, a couple of mentions of notching the central heating and a mention of the wet-weather gear.

And was it Sarah Wilmshurst or Dan at the end of the regional news? Dan was on when I watched 'live', but Sarah was on the recording. Am baffled.

14th June

15:49 BBCi UK Forecast
Sunday then, a good-looking day, bright spells - but remember, that area of low pressure still close by, so it could be a few showers maybe dampen perhaps a few barbecues.

16:56 BBC News
Turning chilly, you might even be tempted to notch the old heat [thermostat gesture] or even just throw a thin blanket on the bed.

A dry, bright start to much of Sunday, so if you are out early, maybe a dog-walk [invisible dog] or something, fine, thirteen or so for London.

Monday, we're in-between weather systems, almost three, sort of like a weather sandwich of sorts, all squeezing in.

17:27 BBC News
It will turn chilly; you might be almost tempted to throw a couple of extra blankets on the bed, that sort of night.

Thirteen for London; good for maybe walking the dog in the morning, maybe just having a lie-in, should be fine.

18:42 BBCi UK Forecast
Any showers that we've had, these tend to die away. They bubble up during the heat of the day then, once they lose that, they just fmmm [dropping gesture], that's it, almost like pulling a plug, they disappear.

If you do have outdoor plans, maybe you have the neighbours coming round, it's OK I think for the most part. It won't be the day for the deckchairs and everyone sort of sunning themselves.

9th June

How does this thing work? Oh yes, I remember.

Was a bit disappointed not to have seen Dan on the afternoon/evening shift earlier as advertised in the RT and TBT; I was looking forward to a few mentions of deckchairs and picnic baskets. Then, checking BBCi on a whim, there he was!

Fortunately, the now trusty Sky+ caught all of the evening's forecasts on BBC News. it was just the weather at the end of the News at Ten I think I missed.

But there were mentions of deckchairs and picnic baskets:
We were urged at 19:55 to get the deckchairs into the garden. Then, at 20:55;
It's more than likely by the end of the week the umbrellas [standard umbrella gesture] could be out as opposed to the picnic baskets.

21:55 BBC News
Some problems with the news graphics through this one.
Hello there. It's been a day for the picnic baskets across a good part of the British Isles and not looking too bad as we head to the course of Tuesday. Some subtle changes I think later in the week where the picnic baskets could get pushed to the side [does so].

The numbers barely dropping away; maybe one of those nights for the old fan in the bedroom [spins finger in fan gesture].

Here's our wiggle of a weather front here, like a little blue sausage.

I don't think the old shorts will be coming out, more than likely maybe a couple of extra layers.

Nice line on the iPlayer weather forecast (as I type, available for the next 22 hours) near the end;
Say goodbye to the twenties, say hello to the umbrella.

Just spotted him again on the iPlayer at the end of Newsnight (about 47 minutes in) and a different forecast at the end of Newsnight Scotland (about 20 minutes in) both available for the next 6 days and worth watching for the great BBC2 graphics.

The programme about the Jet Stream he plugged at the end there shows up on the iPlayer too. Didn't see Dan when I fast-forwarded through, although I'll watch it properly later. Kirsty McCabe was on (about 36 minutes in) and there was a nice shot of the weather cupboard. The Jet Stream and Us, available for 6 more days.

UPDATE: Dan was on Weatherview too.

22nd May

16:28 BBC News
I think the umbrella might come in handy for a few of us over the next couple of days

Grab the brolly, could be a few showers, but top number, twenty one. That's the weather, for now.

BBCi UK Forecast
You can see this speckled area of blue and slowly through the night it's going to bend its way north, almost like dragging a blue paintbrush [drags invisible paintbrush over map] and just sort of easing it away.

16:57 BBC News
Some of use might be grabbing the wet-weather gear over the next few days.

What's left of our little weather front just about here [Straits of Moyle], through the day it's just going to wiggle about really [dangles arm and wiggles hand], not really doing anything.

17:56 BBC News
In the studio.
Cumbria as well, you might grab the brolly as you nip to the outside.

Through the day, just think of it like a weather front just sort of sits there hanging about really [similar dangling arm gesture as before]

This fairly innocuous looking line was accompanied by a fantastic yet completely indescribable expression and gesture:
There'll still be some brighter spells in amongst some of the showers.

Bear in mind this troublemaker to the south may have [not sure I heard this right, but it sounded to me like...] a bit of an issue with some barbecues.

Glasgow, sixteen. A good day for the outside and, yes, maybe a barbecue [barbecue gesture].

And you can now get the weather on your mobile. They could improve this feature by making it a direct line to Dan.

Look North (North East and Cumbria)
Weather systems do come awfully close over the next couple of days and for the bank holiday so the wet weather gear might be awfully close to hand, just in case.

Perhaps you've got plans, maybe the neighbours are coming round.

This forecast is currently available on the Look North website. Click on 'latest weather' at the top to jump straight to it (probably only available until Friday evening).

18th May

15:41 BBCi UK Forecast
The one thing you will notice is, as the ridge of high pressure continues to build in, it's fairly dry air and light winds so the temperatures are going to go fmmm [dropping gesture - see pic], straight down.

Monday; it's a good-looking day. Grab the sunglasses, a fine-looking day but you might want to grab an extra layer as you head out the door maybe to the bus stop.

16:57 BBC News
Quite a chilly start for many of us, maybe even an extra layer as you step to the outside might come in handy.

17:28 BBC News
Hello there. The sunshine returned for many of us today but I think through the course of the night you might be throwing a couple of extra blankets on the bed.

Might be one of those mornings where you head out the door, you run back inside and grab an extra layer.

18:57 BBC News
Hello there. The trip back to work tomorrow morning, you'll be grabbing the sunglasses but maybe an extra layer or two.

19:38 BBCi UK Forecast
Some of us might be even digging out the old ice-scraper in the morning [scraping gesture].

Maybe grab an extra layer as you head off to work.

Maybe even a day for the outside, perhaps a packed lunch.

With clear skies and light winds again, temperatures, pmm [dropping gesture], straight down.

17th May

BBCi UK Forecast
Hello there. Not one of those days for the deckchairs in the garden.

This weather system really just looks like bits of blue just being thrown at the map [two-handed paint flicking gesture].

A day for the outside, maybe heading to the outside, perhaps the deckchairs into the garden. It should be fine for the most part. A lovely bright start, but you'll notice maybe out for that morning walk you'll just start though the day to see the cloud build up.

Look at these numbers by morning, some of us could be notching the old central heating [thermostat gesture - see pic], it could be that chilly.

16:28 BBC News
Peter Sissons: Now your update on the weather and Dan Corbett has it all - and it looks a bit damp, Dan.

Dan: Yes, Peter, that's one way to describe it. Certainly it's not a picnic basket day, more than likely a raincoat day.

16:55 BBC News
Quite a chilly night for some of us; you might be tempted to not the heat up [thermostat gesture].

17:27 BBC News
Hello there. A weather system spinning around across the southern parts of the British Isles I think might finally get the hint for Sunday, you'll be able to say goodbye to him [waves].

Maybe the odd risk of the odd shower, but squint and you can't really see them.

The ridge of high pressure to the north that continues to build down, almost like sort of it filling a bubble with air and it goes bleuuuph, here it comes.

17:45-ish BBC One
Hello there. A couple of weather systems moving across the British Isles certainly made it a day for the brollies, a couple of extra layers as well.

It could be on the chilly side; some of us could reach for the central heating as well [thermostat gesture].

17:57 BBC News
Hello there. It's been a day for the raincoat for many of us, an extra layer as well coming in handy for the night.

16th May

BBCi UK Forecast
Grab your brolly, maybe you're heading out for the evening, say, in Cardiff.

Saturday might be a yucky sort of day if you're planning to be out in the garden with the kids.

We are slowly seeing a ridge of high pressure build down from the north, but it's sort of taking its time and it's pushing against this weather system and it's waiting for it to react and it's like 'OK, finally' [exasperated look].

19:27 BBC Four
How good was it to see Dan on a full-size television screen again? Very.
Here's a screengrab to celebrate.

Notice some of the temperatures too; you won't be out there with the deckchairs in the garden.

Celebratory link to this forecast on the iPlayer. 27 minutes in. As I type, available for the next 19 hours.

12th May

BBCi UK Forecast
Hello there. For many of us it's been another day for the sunglasses and shorts.

Maybe you're going to put the deckchairs into the garden [deckchair gesture] and enjoy the longer evenings; fine.

Lovely bright start; the old sunglasses as you drive off to work [sunglasses gesture, see pic].

The cloud that we have that has sort of oozed in overnight from eastern Scotland to the East Midlands - watch what happens; the heating of the day, it'll sort of ooze it back, like pushing back a layer of treacle onto the edge of a plate ['pushes' cloud on map into the North Sea].

Still, not bad for the outside for a picnic.

16:31-ish BBC News
Then with this darker area here, the cloud just oozes back in like taking an area of treacle and, vmm [was there a gesture with this one?], here it comes.

16:56 BBC News
The cloud, you can see the darker area, just oozes back in ['tugs' at the cloud], like you pull the curtain, sort of closing the blinds in the bedroom.

Thirteen for Belfast; you'll be grabbing the sunglasses as you head off back to work.

A fine-looking evening; the deckchairs into the garden, looking good.

17:55 BBC News
Contender for best Dan-ism of the year?
You'll see it [the cloud] just oozing back in ['tugs' at the cloud] like a layer of treacle that's been oozed back on along a plate of, say, warm dessert.

And then, go on, back you go; finally the cloud sort of taking a bit more time to turn away and break up.

18:27 BBC One and BBC News
That cloud that sits over the eastern coast of Britain - say goodbye to that.

The sort of day you just want to grab a packed lunch.

Watch on the BBC iPlayer - available until 6pm tomorrow.

I didn't watch the 18:55 - I was walking home.

11th May

16:27 BBC News
Well, I tell you, it's been one of those days where the barbecue [barbecue gesture], the picnic basket, everything, even the ice-lollies into the garden.

BBCi UK Forecast
Hello. It's been another warm day for many of us, one of those afternoons if you've been to the garden you've probably had the old paddling pool out.

And through the course of the night, those showers, bye bye, off they go.

Monday is,
One of those day for a packed lunch.

16:55-ish BBC News
Oops, I missed the start of this one.
Some of us might have the old fan in the bedroom again.

Monday;
You'll head to the outside, sunglasses in hand [sunglasses gesture], driving to work.

10th May

BBCi UK Forecast
Probably a good day for a big ice-lolly [see pic] or something like that, a nice cold drink.

A few little showers that have popped up, they'll die away, but notice the ones over Scotland with a bit of upper level energy, almost like squeezing a sponge [squeezes sponge], still might keep them going through the night over Scotland. Elsewhere, maybe some mist or some low cloud and another one of those nights where the old fan [same fan gesture as yesterday] keeps going in the bedroom.

And Monday as well, it's the old sunglasses as you head off to work.

16:31 BBC News
Peter Sissons: I see a few clouds in Dan Corbett's crystal ball.

Dan: Yes, but they're just small clouds in fact, Peter. Today's one of those afternoons where, if you're in the garden, it's probably an afternoon for the ice-lollies.

Another night for the old fan to go in the old bedroom.

17:26 BBC News
Temperatures maybe a touch down but still a good-looking picnic day, maybe as high as twenty-two. That's the weather, for now.

9th May

Still no Sky signal, so watched online after my meeting finished.
As hard as I tried to scribble down the Dan-isms, they were flowing too quickly this evening and my hand couldn't keep up. Probably have some of the Dan-isms muddled up.

BBCi UK Forecast
Hello there. With a big ridge of high pressure sitting to the east of the British Isles, I think for a lot of us it'll be packing up the picnic basket [see pic for gesture], maybe even the barbecue for the weekend.

Barbecue [barbecue gesture] should be in the garden by Sunday, I'd say.

17:56 BBC News
After Film 24,
Hello there. Perhaps you've got weekend plans, trip to the movies, more than likely... [missed the next bit, possibly something about going to the seaside or being in the garden - at any rate, there was a mention of deckchairs].

The old fan in the bedroom [spins finger] might come in handy for the night.

Maybe you're out with the dog in the morning [invisible dog].

18:26 BBC News
I think the picnic baskets will more than likely be coming out of the cupboard and those barbecues, put them in the garden.

There was another mention of the fan, which I didn't get time to write properly.

A bit gutted I missed most of today's broadcasts; he was all happy and smiley (even when they left him with just one minute to do the weather at 18:59) and those ones are usually the best.

BBCi World Forecast

Hello there. It looks like the shorts and the sunglasses will be coming out across a good part of Europe over the next few days. A lovely ridge of high pressure dominating, and for many spots maybe even the deckchairs and the barbecues into the garden [I think it was the barbecue-pushing gesture rather than the deckchair placing one, but I could be wrong - it's a subtle difference - see pic].

Look at the numbers for Tuesday for, say, parts of Iberia. It'll definitely be a swimming day over much of Spain.

Could see a few showers to Cape Town; grab the old brolly here.

Buenos Aires: tick!

For much of the US it's quiet on the coast, but then look at this; lumps of blue, like going, fff[short, sharp flicking paintbrush gesture], with a paintbrush but, as they start to get some energy with the weather system coming in from the west, just look a them on Tuesday and you go, 'yeah, OK, so', but... then these things just go, vmmm.

3rd May

Unfortunately, as I had suspected, the Sky signal was so poor that many of the forecasts did not record at all. We're looking into whether the sudden deterioration in signal is due to the return of the leaves on the trees in front of our satellite dish, or other radio interference (which would also explain why our wireless internet stopped working).

The 18:26-ish (the beginning was skipped entirely) was the only one which recorded anything watchable:
After Monday's wet weather,
Tuesday, fmm, it's gone. Just sort of like pulling a piece of string apart [stretching gesture].

I tried to watch BBC News online but that wasn't working either. Gaahhhh!
Fortunately, BBCi was;

BBCi UK Forecast
Surprisingly, this one doesn't begin with 'hello there';
Even though there's a weather system approaching the British Isles, for some of us it's a pretty good-looking day; temperatures up to twenty degrees - maybe the barbecues have been into the garden.

Yes, they have.

This thing [big area of rain] just sort of slowly chudders [?] its way through. It's taking its time, almost like dragging some stones with it [shuffles along slowly - see pic].

2nd May

Yet another day of Dan being on BBCi and BBC Four, but not on BBC News.

BBCi UK Forecast
Hello there. It's been another one of those days to keep the umbrella busy.

Maybe you're already planning, what's the weekend going to be like? ...maybe you are planning a barbecue, some of you might actually be able to push the old barbecue into the garden [kind of a 'deckchair' gesture].

19:26 BBC Four
Hello there. With the bank holiday weekend almost upon us, probably many of us want to head to the garden, put the barbecue out [same gesture as before].

The further east you are, I think you might be easing that barbecue into the garden.

1st May

On a whim, I checked BBCi after work - and there was Dan, but he wasn't on BBC News.

BBCi UK Forecast
Hello there. I bet by now you're finally looking forward to letting the old raincoat and umbrella dry off. They will do over the next couple of days, we're finally saying goodbye [waves - see pic] to the area of low pressure.

Still reasonably mild... so if you are nipping out for the evening hours, a light coat and I think you'll be fine.

A quiet sort of night, maybe you might even grab the telescope, you never know.

You look at things to start with and you say, 'yeah, not bad', but the next weather system will start to work in.

Then we get the weekend and we say, 'ugh, it's going to be a wash-out'.

19:26 BBC Four
We go through the night into the course of the weekend and you'll look to the south-west and you'll say, 'ah, that's the weekend weather'. But notice where it's going, it's tracking in a westerly direction, so it's the western parts of the UK that see it for the course of Saturday. The further east you are, put the deckchairs in the garden.

28th April

As the TBT has been so erratic lately, I checked BBCi at regular intervals throughout the day - and there was Dan at about 15:55;

Your raincoat will be coming in handy.

Keep the umbrella handy.

With BBC News on in the background, I was poised to make notes as soon as the weather came on but... no Dan! Gasp!

19:26 BBC Four
[in a slightly more enthusiastic tone than usual] Hello there! I think this is one of those weeks where the raincoat probably won't have much of a chance to dry off.

You can see the main arc of rain spiralling round, almost like a blue-armed octopus [spirals arms around].

27th April

Still having problems with the Sky signal. It skipped its way though the 06:17 on Breakfast (BBC One and BBC News), although I did hear something about a boomerang and saw a paint-flicking gesture.

06:48 Breakfast
Fortunately, skip-free!
After a 'still to come' preview about a pet ownership laws in Switzerland, there's a dog in the studio ('he always behaves himself'), just off-camera,
Susanna Reid: Always on his best behaviour, here's Dan Corbett.

Dan: [laughs] I certainly try, yes. And, I tell you, our weather is probably somewhat like yesterday for some of us. A different feel to the day today. Maybe you're just sort of nipping out early, or maybe taking the dog for a walk [puts arm out to side], you'll perhaps need the wet-weather gear.

And perhaps even a bit of a muggy feel across East Anglia and the South East, maybe you just sort of woke up in the night and went, [pulls face] 'phwr, gosh'.

I think Monday, that trip back to work, you'll probably sort of stick the umbrella in the bag [gestures sliding an umbrella in a bag] and keep it there for the week.

Tuesday; big lump of blue, like 'bmm' [two-handed flicking gesture] like a big lump of blue paint easing into the south.

Wednesday, that thing just spirals around. See what I mean about the wet-weather gear? It'll come in handy. Top numbers Wednesday, maybe thirteen. That's the weather, for now - now back to you two.

07:20 Breakfast
Well, I tell you, today's one of those mornings where if you've got plans, heading out early probably over the next few hours, you might want to grab that wet-weather gear.

07:47 BBC News
This one skipped quite a bit, including the discussion just before the weather, which was something about keeping fit.
Chris Hollins: I tell you who always looks very fit and well, slimline - Dan.

Dan: [shrugs - see pic] I certainly try, it keeps me busy.

Keep the umbrella handy, look at this [the summary]; next couple of days - showers. That's the weather, for now.

Chris: Just when you thought the summer was here.
Dan shrugs again in the background, see pic.

The remaining forecasts skip very badly again.

08:55 BBC News
Due to the terrible signal quality, I could only look on in frustration as the Sky+ skipped its way through what looked like a great dog Dan-ism.
Yet again, Mr. George to the rescue;

The dog alluded to earlier is told to 'sit' by Chris. Cut to Dan laughing at Chris's high pitched 'sit' command to the dog, which ignored him.
Thanks, Chris. Well, you can always tell with [mumbles something] with dogs sometimes they run to the outside if it's wet sort of day and sometimes they don't, they probably sort of stand inside. And it's that sort of day for some of us.
Accompanied by a two handed 'dog swooshing to the outside' movement, which was followed by a less vigorous 'dog just sort of sitting there' double handed gesture.

Thanks, Mr. George!

09:26 BBC News
Awake, I caught the end of this one online.
Looks like a blue-armed octopus of sorts.

09:57 BBC News (viewed online)
Hello there. Got plans for the outside today? You might want to keep the wet-weather gear close by.

Grab the umbrella tomorrow, the risk of showers for many.

BBCi UK Forecast
I think a few of us could be just grabbing that umbrella [strange gesture; half standard umbrella gesture, half grab - see pic] with our weather front still draped across the British Isles.

It'll be one of those weeks where you just put the umbrella in the bag [see pic], keep it there for the week.

Anyone else catch any of the other bits I missed?

26th April

So, being a night-owl has its consequences the following morning; if Dan's on earlier than the Sky+ records, I miss out - because there is NO WAY I am getting up before 9am at the weekend.
Fortunately, the lovely Mr. George recorded a few of them, then e-mailed me the best of the Dan-isms from the 08:49, 09:20 and the 09:56 - along with some screen-grabs.
Mr. George, you're my hero!

BBCi UK Forecast
For some of us it'll be a day where you'll be putting the deckchairs into the back of the garden [deckchair gesture - see pic].

So yeah, the deckchairs could be going into the garden.

BBCi World Forecast
Big lump of wet weather, like taking a lump of blue and going vvvvhh, like that [two-handed flick of paint at map as if holding an invisible paintbrush].

A mention each for Buenos Aires (how I love the way he says it!) and Denver. Why does Denver always get a mention and so rarely New York or Los Angeles? Very mysterious.

08:49 BBC News
Talking about the warm air to the south east of the cold front straddling the UK:
And in this warm air, you'll be putting the deckchairs in the garden say, from perhaps Cardiff to London, twenty maybe by the afternoon.

09:20 BBC News
If you've got big weekend plans you're probably wondering what's it going to be like. A nice looking weekend for the garden? For some of us yes, in other spots though, it's going to be a wet weekend, particularly a wet day. This is the view out to the outside in Coventry [which, I am reliably informed, was pronounced 'Cuven-tree'].

A good looking start as you'll step to the outside maybe for Saturday shopping.

South Wales, lovely dry bright start for you - North Wales though, you'll be grabbing the wet weather gear pretty soon.

Football fans - busy looking day. Chelsea/Man U; you'll be grabbing perhaps the shorts and t-shirt for that match.

This is what's left of our weather front. Like you pull a piece of string and it just sort of goes 'phfvtt', that's it

Our lump of wet weather, that's moved further south, so southern areas, your turn for the wet weather is tomorrow. Bear that in mind if you're cutting the grass in southern areas, do it today [two handed 'pushing the lawn mower' gesture - see pic].

09:56 BBC News
Susanna Reid: Let's have a look at the weather with Dan [cuts to test card screen thing] Oh! [cut to Dan, who didn't seem to be aware of what had happened and carried on with the forecast as usual]

And then further south and east, good looking middle part of the day. You'll be out to the park, very very pleasant, maybe the kids for a football match or wherever you're going.

Big line of blue here, that fellow, that's our weather front, which is literally just sort of sitting there across the Irish Sea. So across Pembrokeshire up across the north parts of Wales you're in to that wet as it really just sort of sits there through the day because it's sort of parallel to the wind flow, that's why it's not moving, voom, straight through.

It's a good job Mr. George got this one; the Sky+ is still acting up. However, after watching Newswatch last night on the Channel Formerly Known As BBC News 24, we learned we're not the only ones having trouble with our Sky signal. The BBC claim it's an installation weakness, but we've already had an engineer out (and a new box) and we're still having problems. I think it's the BBC I should be shaking my fist at.
So I might have to resort to watching online tomorrow and try to scribble down the Dan-isms as fast as I can.

24th April

Contrary to what follows, I do actually listen to Dan when he's on. I knew rain was forecast yet, for some unknown reason, I still planned two outdoor lessons for today.
I woke up, saw the sunshine outside, left the warm coat on the stair-post and went off to work.
About five minutes later, it clouded over.
Gah.

At work, I decided to consult BBCi. Just as the BBC Weather page was loading, a colleague walked into my room and a conversation about whether I'd get away with those outdoor lessons began. I clicked on 'Watch / Listen to BBC Weather' and... there was Dan! [shakes fist at TBT]

It was an unusual experience, watching Dan with someone who knows nothing about me keeping this blog - yet who, fortunately, found Dan just as amusing as I do.

Just managed to squeeze in another viewing (to jot down the Dan-isms) before the kids came in.

08:45 BBCi UK Forecast
Hello there. Today was one of those days where you peer out the window in the morning [looks up] and you say, 'I don't need the umbrella'. Just put it in the bag, just in case.

The bend of blue, almost like a big little blue boomerang.

Quite a smattering of showers, almost like you've just sort of taken a paintbrush and put paint on it and go fmmm [two-handed flick of 'paintbrush' at map], like that at the old weather map.

10:35 BBCi UK Forecast
Seventeen; not a bad-looking afternoon - maybe even a picnic, you never know.

Got home this evening to find that the Sky+ was still being temperamental and, instead of skipping the odd word here and there, only the odd word and phrase remained.

09:27 BBC News
The entire first portion of this forecast was one continuous skip, then it played normally in time to catch;
Like taking lumps of blue and just going like that, fwww [two-handed flicking gesture], at the map.

The 09:56 and 10:28 were rendered completely unwatchable by constant skipping. I blame the weather ;-)

We're continuing to have internet access issues (the wireless has suddenly and mysteriously stopped working), so updates may be erratic.

21st April

In my panic over a lack of internet connection yesterday, I completely forgot to mention to watch out for today's BBC News re-branding. To my mind, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
But what do I know, I'm only the consumer.

And the Sky+ didn't like the changes either, frequently skipping a second or two, so I may have missed or mis-heard a few gems.
GAH!

BBCi UK Forecast
Until I'd heard the 16:56, I had difficulty believing my ears:
It's really just the left-overs of the low pressure that's been sitting down to the south for most of the weekend, this is the last hurrah, just easing away, taking its cloud with it.

Tuesday... is going to turn out to be a fairly good-looking day, one of those days where you just want to head out and maybe have a packed lunch in the park maybe for the first time.

16:56 BBC News
Oh dear. That fake newsroom background does not look good.
It's a [skipped] good-looking day, one of those days where you [skipped] take the warm coat, keep it at home [two-handed coat-in-cupboard gesture], grab a packed lunch.

So my ears hadn't deceived me on BBCi:
This is the last hurrah of the wet weather easing away.

You can certainly keep the warm coat at home. That's the weather, for now.

17:27 BBC News
Dan appears in the studio, shoved in the corner for the forecast.
And they're still using that screen with the lines on - it drives me crazy! Is this really the best BBC News can do?
Some of those picnic baskets might even come out as well.

17:56 BBC News
Again in the new studio,
If you've had enough of that warm coat, stick it in the back of the cupboard [rather vigorous two-handed coat-in-cupboard gesture] and I think it'll stay there for a few days.

One of those days where you just want to, middle of the day, just sort of take a sandwich and go out to the park.

18:25 BBC One and BBC News
George Alagiah: Now, is there just a touch of spring in the air? Let's find out, Daniel Corbett's here.

Dan: I wouldn't be surprised, George, there could be one or two people over the next few days maybe even dusting off a picnic basket, you never know.

It seemed to me that the map filled too much of the screen. We have a widescreen TV, so we didn't lose any Dan, but he did look fairly small - and I can imagine that he fell off the sides of a regular TV.
Anyone?

18:57 BBC News
Keep the warm coat in the cupboard [very quick coat-in-cupboard gesture], not looking too bad the next couple of days. That's the weather, for now.

19:56 BBC Four
Oooh! I do like the starry night backdrop.
And it wasn't until I did the screengrabs that I noticed the shorter name there.

In contrast to tiny Dan on the 18:25, now we have huge Dan (notice the maps in this pic and in the 18:25 are the same scale):
You can keep the warm coat at home [two-handed coat-in-cupboard gesture] and even the umbrella as well.

Lighter winds, so if you are to the outside, maybe for that middle of the day packed lunch, it should be a good-looking feel to the outside.

BBC London
You might even be dusting off a few picnic baskets yet.

Tuesday's a fine-looking day, one of those days here you just want to take a packed lunch and maybe head to the park for a change.

Wednesday is the wet day, grab the old brollies for that.

You've got all week to watch that one again; BBC London make their programmes available for seven days. Dan's about 23 minutes in.

20th April

16:56 BBC News 24
By the end of the week you can take your warm coat [coat-in-cupboard gesture], stick it to the back of the cupboard and by the end of the week some of us might even dust off the old picnic basket, you never know.

Look at this sheet of cloud, just sort of thrown across the British Isles [throwing gesture].

BBCi UK Forecast
Hello there. Today's one of those days where you've been to the outside and if you've managed some sunshine it's not felt too bad, but if you've had some of that cloud you've probably run back inside for a couple of extra layers.

It's a brighter day, it's a milder day. I think by the time we get to the end of the week you can take that warm coat [holding gesture] and just stick it to the back of the cupboard [vigorous coat-in-cupboard gesture], hopefully it can stay there.

17:57 BBC News 24
Hello there. With that cold easterly wind through the weekend you were probably bundled up if you were to the outside.

It's not a bad-looking day, a day for the outside, maybe even a packed-lunch day, you never know.

Sorry about the posting delay - my internet cut out for no apparent reason. Fixed it with a bit of old-fashioned cable.

19th April

BBCi UK Forecast
It's that biting easterly wind that probably had you grabbing [grabbing gesture] a few extra layers this morning as you went to the outside

Maybe you're heading out for that evening meal in Cardiff.

If you're heading to the outside on Sunday, grab that extra layer.

I think for Monday and right through the course of the week there's just a trend of temperatures gradually warming up, so you might be able to take that warm coat and just stick it to the back of the cupboard [vigorous pushing 'coat in cupboard' gesture].

16:31 BBC News 24
After an interview with an award-winning young chef;
Peter Sissons: Now, what's Dan Corbett been cooking up for us in the weather studio?

Dan: [laughs] Oh, we make cakes from time to time. But, as far as the weather's concerned, I don't think we're going to get any awards for it today; if anything, you're probably going to want to give it back.

16:56 BBC News 24
After Oddbox we must assume that Peter Sissons said something in his usual side-splittingly hilarious manner (he's like your dad, isn't he?); we could not hear him, only Dan's amused reply;
Dan: [laughs] You can call it odd if you want, sometimes it is actually odd.

If you're been to the outside today you sort of certainly noticed it in the high street, a 'fwrrr' sort of feel.

That is an approximation of the sound he made, obviously. Those sounds are often very difficult to transcribe.

17:30 BBC News 24
For some of us it hasn't been the best day for that trip to the park.

Brighter the further north you are, away from our big sausage of blue, of what's left of it, just sort of being pulled apart [stretching gesture] as the main energy eases away. Low pressure still sitting to the south and what's left of this little strip of blue you just sort of 'ppt' [same stretching gesture as before], pull it apart and it does fizzle during the day.

That area of low pressure, there it is, eases away. Bye bye to you. Some left-over cloud and then we see this next thing [a big band of rain to the west] but don't come in just yet, wait a bit.

Thought I'd set the Sky+ to record the post-news weather on BBC One, but it's not there, so perhaps I set it for tomorrow instead. Oops. I'm sure you'll tell me if I missed anything.

18th April

Well, the TBT said he was on afternoon and evening, but I only saw him on BBCi and BBC Four. Shame; wouldn't it've been great to see him do the 'smelly weather' feature on the Six? Gah! We wuz definitely robbed.

BBCi UK Forecast
Hello there. If you've been to the outside today you've probably been buffeted by the wind, probably some extra layers have come in handy.

It's going to be a cloudy night; won't be the old telescope night for sure.

Maybe you're out Saturday shopping or out, perhaps, to the kids' football games; it'll be a chilly old wind wherever you are, so you'll want to grab that fleece.

19:26 BBC Four
Area of low pressure to the south, it looks like a sprawling sort of octopus.

14th April

BBCi UK Forecast
Oooh, look! Dan with the new 'night' backdrop. I've seen The Others use it a few times - I quite like it but think it's going to take a bit of getting used to.

Some of us might even be out there in the morning with the old ice-scraper on the car [scraping gesture].

16:29 BBC News 24
After a piece about the London Book Fair;
Ben Brown: Daniel Corbett's written a book about the weather. How's it looking Dan?

Dan: Yeah, the first picture has somebody like this holding an umbrella [standard umbrella gesture].

You look at this area here and the showers just come, vmm [raises hands as if conjuring the showers], here they come.

A patchy frost, can you believe it? Think about some of those plants, maybe you put them in the garden [pushing gesture].

16:55 BBC News 24
Some of the extra blankets might be coming in handy tonight.

Maybe you put some plants in the garden over the past few days; think about them, could be a chilly night.

Temperatures are going to go, fmm, straight down [single-handed dropping gesture].

So, a chilly start and - maybe the old ice-scraper could be out here and there [scraping gesture].

In comes the darker backdrop;
So, keep the warm coats handy and, it is April, so with that as well, keep the umbrella handy too. That's the weather, for now.

17:56 BBC News 24
A soggy, cold old start for Newcastle; out the door with the umbrella and raincoat.

But look at London's temperature; two as you start the day. You'll notice it in the morning as you go outside and you'll go, 'fww, gosh'.

Look at Plymouth; one. So some spots could be out with the old scraper on the car [scraping gesture].

Umbrella in hand for the next few days.

18:55 BBC News 24
You might even be out with the car [scraping gesture] scraping it in the morning.

I think an extra layer or two certainly coming in handy.

I have mine on already.

BBCi World Forecast

Hello there. It looks like the winter coats can finally get pushed into the back of the cupboard across western parts of Europe [see pic].

Look at this, like taking a lump of blue paint [gestures doing so] and you go, 'bleeeuuurgh' [throws 'paint' at map] right at Iberia.

Quite wet as well for parts of Japan. Tokyo seeing that; they're standing with the umbrellas for the course of Friday.

Buenos Aires: tick!
Denver: tick! tick!

And the most reassuring 'that's the weather, for now' I've ever heard at the end there.

2nd April

19:56 BBC News 24
Hello there. It's been a fairly mild sort of day. You probably went to the outside this morning and went, 'phew, cor'; quite a difference.

Still a fair bit of cloud. You'll walk to the outside, maybe standing at the bus stop, you'll see that cloud [looks up].

Notice this line of blue and you'll go, 'OK, it's just a weather front'.

So the warm coats in the cupboard, dig them out.

20:29 BBC News 24
I tell you, it's been a cloudy sort of day, you've been to the outside today, it wasn't a day for the sunglasses. And if you're wondering about tonight, you won't need the extra blankets tonight, but over the next couple of nights they might be coming in handy, dig them out.

20:56 BBC News 24
After a story about a zoo searching for intrepid window cleaners,
Stuart Flinders: Not for me, that. Mind you, Daniel Corbett's a brave lad isn't he, with the weather? Let's see if he fancies it.

Dan: No thank you, no thank you. I'll just give you the weather, make it easy for you. You've put those warm coats in the cupboard, I think find them [unintelligible] because you'll be needing them by the course of the weekend.

Then things start to change. Remember the warm coat in the cupboard? Keep an eye on it.

So, the warm coat in hand for the weekend.

Grab the warm coat for the weekend. That's the weather, for now.

22:32-ish BBC One
Think of it like opening the floodgates and, whoosh, back comes winter. Cold Arctic air. You can see the cold air just whooshing down.

Warm coats in hand, yes.

22:45-ish BBCi UK Forecast
It's just a weak little weather front really, just sort of dangling itself about there [see pic].

1st April

20:32 BBC News 24
Well, I tell you, today was a day for breaking out the sunglasses for quite a few of us, a bit of a breeze. Not as lucky with the sunglasses, though, tomorrow.

20:45 BBCi UK Forecast
Hello there. It's been a day for holding on to the hats for some of us.

Pic taken from the BBCi UK forecast I saw at 21:46. Look, no hands!

20:56 BBC News 24
After the BBC's highly unbelievable flying penguin story;
Joanna Gosling (yay, she's back!): What's the date?

Tim Willcox: Er, I don't know, what is the date?

Joanna: It's April the first.

Tim: Is it?

Joanna: I don't know if that's related to the story at all. Let's find out how the weather is looking. Dan.

Dan: Hello there. It's going to be thirty degrees tomorrow, lovely sunshine - no, April Fools as well.

It's not a big-looking mean thing at all; think of it just like taking really a brown sheet and just sort of going brrrff, [drapes 'sheet' over Ireland and the south-west] like that through the day.

Our ridge of high pressure sitting down to the south, think of it like taking a bubble and it just sort of goes 'vrrr' [expanding gesture] that builds up and just starts to expand.

Keep that warm coat handy, maybe some wintry showers for some of us over the weekend

22:32-ish BBC One
Those warm coats in the cupboard could be coming out.

Weatherview
Remember our weather front just sort of working in like a bendy arm [bends arm, moves it across map].

So those warm coats in the cupboard, they'll be coming in handy for the weekend.

31st March

19:30 BBC News 24
Tonight's certainly not the night for the old washing on the line.

19:56 BBC News 24
Not really a chilly night at all, but the wet-weather gear certainly in hand.

Wednesday, that weather system, bye bye, off it goes.

Then our ridge of high pressure sitting to the south, almost like somebody pumps it up [short pumping gesture] with air and it just goes vrrrrrr [expanding gesture], here it comes.

20:56 BBC News 24
After news of Kevin Spacey's moan about the BBC's 'talent' (cough) shows;
Tim Willcox: Dan, singing along with some of those tunes?

Dan: [laughs] I won't be singing, no. I tell you, if I sing in the shower it would scare all the neighbourhood dogs, they'd go running for miles. I don't sing, I'm terrible. I'll give you the weather, in fact...

Not really too chilly, you'll step to the outside and go, 'phew, it's not too bad'.

So, umbrellas in hand, that'll be the case.

20:15 BBCi UK Forecast
Is the BBCi forecast usually 'clicker-less'? Never noticed it before. Without the clicker, Dan was free to let his hands loose.
London at nine with the old umbrella in hand [standard umbrella gesture].

21:38 BBCi UK Forecast
Hello there. It's one thing about Spring is that you can always say it's changeable; one day it's dry, the next day it's wet and after that it's dry [see pic]. It keeps changing and that's what happening with our weather.

Seventeen for London, there could even be a few picnic baskets out, you never know.

22:35-ish BBC One
Hello there. There's always one thing you can say about Spring; it's changeable - and the wet-weather gear should never be too far away.

Don't forget to watch Weatherview at 01:35, which is intriguingly titled, 'Springwatch Weatherview'. Weatherview was all the more intriguing because there was nothing particularly 'Springwatch'-y about it. And no Dan. Gah!

20th March

BBCi UK Forecast
Almost like somebody goes fmmm [floodgates gesture], opens the floodgates and, whoosh, down it comes.

16:33 BBC News 24
As far as our weather's concerned, we're all going to be digging out the parkas through the course of this weekend.

16:55 BBC News 24
Everyone's planning maybe heading away to Grandma's or maybe she's coming to visit. I think the warm parkas will come in handy, I don't know about the Easter bonnets.

The cold Arctic air just sitting there waiting to come, fmm [floodgates gesture], whooshing down across the British Isles.

17:30 BBC News 24
In the N24 pod:
We've got some big changes in our weather for the weekend, maybe you're already planning going away to Grandma's or friends coming round. Quite a wintry weekend, it won't be spring bonnets, more than likely it's going to be the warm parka, in fact.

18:26 BBC One and News 24
Instead of the Easter bonnets I think it's going to be perhaps the snow hats.

18:57 BBC News 24
It'll be, more than likely, the parka rather than Easter bonnets.

19:26 BBC Four
They remembered to turn the volume up on BBC Four today ;-)

I don't think the weather's realised it's the Easter weekend.

Nipping to the outside, definitely the warm coat in hand.

Don't forget, The Weather Show is on this weekend!

19th March

BBCi UK Forecast
A cold northerly wind has definitely had you with the warm coat today.

Hold on to the hats, the old wet-weather gear in hand too.

The whole lump of the weather system, you can just sort of see it like a bit of a bendy blue boomerang.

16:29 BBC News 24
We've got some different weather on the way; I think you'll all be grabbing the raincoat and probably the umbrella with two hands on [two-handed umbrella gesture (double yay!)].

Turning wet tonight; not the night for the washing on the line.

16:56 BBC News 24
Keen breeze as well; probably hold on to the old hats and probably two hands on the umbrella [two-handed umbrella gesture] at the old bus stop.

Look at this thing, it looks like a big blue boomerang, the big shape of it there.

17:57 BBC News 24
I think all f us will be reaching into the cupboard for the raincoat and probably two hands on the umbrella as well.

That weather system sitting there, watch what happens to it, bye bye, off it goes.

The watch out for the weekend; maybe a big weekend, you're heading away, maybe you're going to Grandma's.

18:27 BBC One and News 24
Watch out for the weekend; maybe you're travelling away, going to Grandma's or someone's.

16th March

BBCi UK Forecast
Watch out Monday night, probably err, definitely a night for the old extra blankets on the bed [blanket-thickness gesture].

Temperatures, fmmm [dropping gesture - see pic], straight down.

16:28 BBC News 24
Maxinne Mawhinney: Let's catch up on the weather, Dan Corbett's with us - and lots of raindrops there, Dan.

Dan: Yeah, but we're finally going to get rid of these raindrops, just sort of imagine we sort of dry it off [wipes globe with hand] through the course of the evening hours. And that's what's happened, the weather system is easing away. So through the night it'll be a dry, cold night as well and, I wouldn't be surprised, many of us could be digging out the warm coat as you head back to work. That's the leftovers of the rain, bye bye, off it goes [pushes it away].

9th March

16:27 BBC News 24
One of those mornings where you just want a few hours before heading off to work.

Nothing unusual there, then; that's every morning for me ;-)

BBCi UK Forecast
Then we finally get rid of this troublemaker, it takes a bit of time, like a big old washing machine with lumps of clothing.

18:28 BBC News 24
Certainly not a pleasant morning for tripping out to the old bus stop.

6th March

BBCi UK Forecast
Just happened to check the weather on BBCi as I was about to head out the door this morning (needed to know whether I'd need my scarf and gloves, of course) and there was Dan! Yay! Watched again on BBCi when I got to work to make a note of the Dan-isms - was halfway home this evening before I realised I'd left the piece of paper on my desk. Durr!

However, all is not lost; Mr. George has captured it for your viewing pleasure and uploaded it to YouTube. Thanks, Mr. George!

With a flow of air in off the Atlantic, I think it won't be the ice-scrapers [scraping gesture] this morning, more than likely quite a different feel as you head to the outside.

Quite an area of heavy rain and then the main energy goes north and east so it's just like pulling a piece of string apart [stretching gesture] and vfmm, there it goes.

A wet and windy weekend, so if you do have plans the old trees will be blowing about.

I caught him again on BBCi at about 10:30 with a different forecast but similar Dan-isms.

09:56 BBC News 24
Hello there. Heading to the outside today, I think, more than likely, you can take the warm coat, stick it in the back of the cupboard [what I will now call the 'coat in cupboard' gesture], not a bad-looking day.

Saturday's a bit of a yucky, wet sort of day. All the ducks will be clapping their hands [claps] with a big lump of wet weather working across the British Isles.

BBCi World Forecast

Hello there. It looks like it'll be the winter coats and maybe even the snow shovels [gestures holding snow shovel - see pic] across north-west parts of Europe.

It will be changing as that cold air starts to plunge south over the course of the next few days, like taking a layer of treacle to the north-west and it just oozes down [places 'lump' of treacle over the UK and drags it down over France].

Buenos Aires: tick!

Santiago, some fine-looking weather for the outside, a packed lunch day, you never know.

Denver: tick!

Bit of a surprise that the TBT was correct and Dan was actually on today (5th day in a row). Yesterday too; being on the overnight shift after having done 5 Live so early the day before.

BBCi World Forecast

Bar 'weather systems just barrelling in like a freight train', this forecast was pretty low in Dan-isms. However, Buenos Aires did get a mention (how I love the way he says it) and two mentions for Denver.
Shame Janice Long isn't on at the weekend; I look forward to the random chat either side of the forecast.

28th February

Dan made a surprise appearance on News 24 and BBCi this afternoon.

13:56 BBC News 24
After a piece about Spanish 'Spitting Image' puppets:
Ben Brown: I wonder if they've made a puppet of Dan Corbett yet. Anyway, he's got the weather for us.

Dan: I tell you, it'd be a funny-looking puppet if it was. It'd probably go like that [points, sign-off style] with its hand.

Then the lump of blue just oozes in like a big blue visitor from the west.

Let's take this windy thing, boom, goodbye [pushing gesture], but it's probably still quite a keen old north-westerly wind, so Saturday, Sunday probably one of those weekends where you've probably got the kite out [gestures holding kite].

BBCi World Forecast
Look at this lump of colour, like we take a lump of blue [gestures holding 'lump of blue'] and go fmm [throws it at map], like that .

Cape Town; a fine-looking couple of days for the outside, maybe deckchairs into the garden [standard deckchair gesture - see pic]

Buenos Aires: tick!
Denver: Tick!

Thanks to Angela for the heads up on that one!

18th February

BBCi UK Forecast
Still going to see that frost, so the extra blankets certainly coming in handy on the bed and the ice-scrapers in the morning [scraping gesture].

16:56 BBC News 24
The old thick duvet [gestures thickness] certainly coming in handy on the bed.

Temperatures certainly vmmph [dropping gesture], dropping away.

Where we hang on to that cloud. just sort of a [screws face up] 'yeuch' sort of day [couldn't figure out the gesture with this one - both hands raised in air, palms towards face, fingertips almost touching].

17:56 BBC News 24
A rare sight - he's at the desk with Huw Edwards. Then into the N24 pod for the forecast:
Then our high pressure, look at that, bye bye, there it goes [pushes it away].

18:26 BBC One and News 24
Some of us could be out there again with the ice-scraper [scraping gesture plus grin - see pic].

Our big ridge of high pressure that's dominated our weather, our big bubble, think of it like putting a hole in it [poking gesture] and it just goes sshhww [pushing gesture], it disappears.

18:54 BBC News 24
Missed the start of this one (went out. Yes, I know, while Dan was on, gasp!) but did manage to catch:
Our big ridge of high pressure that's been dominating our weather, think of it like a balloon, you poke it [does so] and it goes SSSSSHHHHHHHWWWWW! [forceful pushing gesture], it oozes away.

Not quite sure why the weather started early, not for any good reason I'm sure; it was over by 18:57, to be followed by over three minutes of trailers (five different ones, count 'em) plus a 40-second N24 countdown.
Next time, more Dan, less filler please.

BBC Newsline (Northern Ireland)
Another outing for Dan's ice-scraper for this broadcast and, referring to Wednesday's forecast rain,
Look at this, a big blue visitor from the west.

17th February

BBCi UK Forecast