that's the weather, for now

forecast forecast

No sign of Dan in next week's RT. I wish they'd bring back the weather details at the end of BBC News at Six. Gah!

23rd June

19:29 BBC News
Hello there. Well, I tell you, it was a good-looking day for the outside today, one of those picnic basket days and I think for some of us tomorrow you might be digging the old picnic basket out as well.

19:56 BBC News
Noteworthy for Dan's smooth hand-over to the news when the weather was unexpectedly cut-short to go the UN news conference.

20:28 BBC News
I tell you, it was a good-looking day for many of us today, it was one of those days when you want to just have a packed lunch in the park.

20:56 BBC News
If you're off to Wimbledon;
One thing you're probably going to need is the old sun lotion [rubs back of hand].

21:27 BBC News
But notice what happens to our low; it sort of bends back, almost like it's doing a bit of a cartwheel.

Thursday; our weather system just sort of bending back [bends back], almost like it's a gymnast or something.

22:30-ish BBC One
If you are heading [to Wimbledon] tomorrow, keep the umbrella at home; more than likely the picnic baskets.

Remember the ridge of high pressure sitting across the south east? That will track the weather system more north-easterly, almost like having bollards in a car park and having to drive around them [accompanied by that quick zig-zag type gesture we've seen before].

It's going to be a fine-looking day for the second day of Wimbledon; twenty-four, very pleasant, sun lotion probably in hand [rubs back of hand again, as before].

There may be screengrabs to follow, but not for a few days, or even a few weeks.

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.

20th June

16:28 BBC News
Martine Croxall: Time for a look at the weather forecast and Dan's here with a tie that matches the globe. Was that deliberate?

Dan: We plan it out each morning, I go like this [leans in next to globe holding his tie] and just sort of check.

17:27 BBC News
Gavin Esler: Let's get the weather and whether it's a good weekend for a barbecue. Here's Dan Corbett, Dan.

Dan: Well I tell you Gavin, as long as you're like this [umbrella gesture] over the barbecue with an umbrella.

Not the morning to walk the dog. He'll probably come to the door and say, [shakes head] 'no, not yet'.

17:56 BBC News
After Film 24:
Hello there. Big plans for the outside this weekend? After you see the forecast you might have plans for the inside instead, maybe it will be films.

Certainly won't be a barbecue afternoon across northern England.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
Notice these darker areas of blue, like we've gone mad with a blue crayon [scribbling gesture].

forecast forecast

Looking through next week's Radio Times I only saw Dan's name once - for the weather after BBC News at Ten on Monday 23rd June. However, the forecaster name was missing, even on the late evening news, for several days in that week's issue.

Wimbledon soon; wonder if Dan's down to do some of the forecasts from there as in previous years?

My current workload is absolutely mind-boggling; there may be days in the next fortnight in which I won't have the time to post. In this case I'll either not blog at all or blog a few days later.
Having said that, blogging might be the perfect stress-relieving work-break activity, so you never can tell.

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.

13th June

17:56 BBC News
After Film 24:
Hello there. Perhaps it's going to be a big weekend of films for you, or perhaps it's going to be out in the garden. Weather-wise I don't think it's going to be too bad but we won't all have the paddling pool out in the garden.

18:27 BBC One
This one's available on the BBC iPlayer until 6pm on Saturday (27 minutes in).

Certainly not one of those weekends where you'll push the paddling pool into the garden [see picture].

18:57 BBC News
Hello there. If you've got plans for the weekend it doesn't look like it's going to be too bad. I don't think everyone's going to be in the garden with the shorts and perhaps the bikinis.

Quite a chilly night, too. Some of you might be tempted just to notch the central heating [thermostat gesture].

If you're out in the garden, maybe pushing the mower [gestures pushing mower], I think you'll be OK.

forecast forecast

So I had my weekly-sneaky-peek in the Radio Times yesterday and the only day I saw Dan's name was next to the early(ish) evening news on Sunday. The news is on just after 7pm this Sunday, so if the weather's on after the regional news at 7.20 then it might be nearer 7.25 / 7.30 before we (possibly) see Dan.
As always, keep an eye on the ever-useless TBT.

10th June

19:27 BBC News
Some of us might even grab the old umbrellas [standard umbrella gesture] as we head out in the morning [points at camera].

19:56 BBC News
Not a bad-looking day for some of us but over the next few days you'll probably be reaching into the wardrobe for maybe an extra coat, perhaps even an umbrella over the next couple of days. An umbrella might even come in handy for some of us tomorrow.

For some of us it might not be the night for your fan going in the bedroom [spinning finger fan gesture].

Haven't seen an old-school coloured temperature map like that in quite some time.
We lose the orange  - and the greens, almost like fmmm [flicking / throwing gesture] throwing a lump of green paint at the map.

You might be to the outside in the shorts and you might run back indoors maybe for the jumper.

21:56 BBC News
Yet again the BBC News graphics interfere with the forecast, tonight with rather more amusing consequences. Will try and get a screengrab later this week.

We get more of a northerly flow and with that it's like opening the floodgates and, vmmm, down comes the cooler air.

22:27 BBC News
Big ridge of high pressure has brought us some fine-looking weather over the past couple of days but say goodbye to that [waves] and instead say hello to the umbrella [standard umbrella gesture] over the next few days.

And then we get more of a northerly flow, like somebody opening the floodgates and going, fmmm [flicking gesture] with some much cooler air.

Thank goodness for the wonderful BBC iPlayer (yes, I'm still in love with it).
Dan's on the iPlayer forecast (available for another 22 hours as I type) and at the end of Newsnight (46m 30s in - see pic) and Newsnight Scotland (20m 30s in) both available for the next 6 days.

UPDATE: BBC One Weatherview
Hello there. A gradual change in the weather over the course of the week. We'll start off here [see pic - gradually turning into a downward slide, reminiscent of a roller coaster gesture] through the first part of the week temperature-wise and by the end of the week [click to see pic] much cooler and probably the umbrellas [standard umbrella gesture] coming out as well.

If this was winter, we'd probably all be grabbing the parkas.

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.

forecast forecast

A phrase you will not often hear pass my lips but, hooray for the football; it's the reason the early evening news gets shunted to 7pm a few days next week and, possibly because of this, the Radio Times has added two all-important extra words to the News programme details - the weather presenter name. Yes, it's Dan.

It says Dan's on next Monday and Tuesday (9th and 10th June) - I am assuming that this is the afternoon / evening slot.

forecast forecast

Looking at next week's RT, there's still no sign of Dan. It looks like the new format of only reporting the News as Ten presenter is here to stay. Gah!

23rd May

16:27 BBC News
That's right, the weekend weather, big plans for everyone.

Eleven to thur-teen as we start off what is a good looking Saturday, take advantage of it, just sort of push the barbecue into the garden [barbecue gesture], this is the day.

16:56 BBC News
For the weekend will it be the barbecues [barbecue gesture] into the garden or, more likely, the umbrella [umbrella gesture].

And it's a fine start. Maybe you're out early sort of walking the dog [invisible dog] or something.

We've got those clumps of cloud, the area of low pressure brewing to the south, but it is just sort of brewing, it's not really coming, almost like boiling a kettle and it's not quite there.

I think sunshine and the barbecue into the garden [barbecue gesture] is the order of Saturday.

17:27 BBC News
Well I tell you, as far as the weekend is concerned, if you're looking forward to that barbecue, do it tomorrow, Saturday's the best day for many of us, after that the weather is going, fwww [downhill slide gesture], like that for many of us, particularly the further south you are. Dry and mild through the course of this evening, there's been a few showers across Wales, south-west parts of England. Say goodbye to them, they lose the heating of the day and then they just go fmmm [dropping gesture] that's it.

17:56 BBC News
Hello there. If you're thinking of having a barbecue this weekend, you're not sure what day - pick Saturday. Ring the neighbours up [phone gesture] tell them to come round Saturday as opposed to Sunday or Monday.

Blimey, his garden must be massive if he has to phone his neighbours up to invite them round.

Thirteen or so for London, a good-looking start. You might already be out in the garden putting the deckchairs [deckchair gesture] this will be the day for the outside for many of us.

18:25 BBC One and BBC News
The light in this studio is awful, looks really harsh in comparison to the weather cupboard.
And what was it Fiona Bruce said to distract Dan at the start?

This is the dry day, bear it in mind, maybe the neighbours are coming round for the barbecue, make it Saturday.

But, Fiona, Saturday is the barbecue day.

Pictures to follow.

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).

forecast forecast

Angela has delivered some alarming news over on the Yahoo! group;

The format seems to have changed in the RT; next week it doesn't say who is on afternoon/evenings at all, just the 10 o'clock news shift. Don't know if it's permanent or not.
From next week for several weeks Kirsty will be checking, as I am going abroad for 3 months.

Firstly, does this mean we're supposed to rely on the wonky old TBT as our sole source of information about when Dan's going to be on? And, secondly, will I remember to check the RT?

Have a great holiday, Angela!

19th May

Dan was amazing tonight. Top form.
If there was ever a time to watch his forecasts over and over, you couldn't go far wrong with tonight.

It was not so much what he said, but it was delivered with such infectious exuberant enthusiasm you couldn't fail to be charmed.

Fantastic stuff.

16:57 BBC News
Hello there. Well, I tell you, it might be one of those nights again for the extra blankets on the bed.

Temperatures tonight will just go fmm [dropping gesture], straight down. Good night for the telescope.

You'll sort of head to the outside in Scotland, you'll probably nip back in the door for an extra layer or two.

And like we saw today, we'll just sort of see the cloud bubble up and flatten out [corresponding 'up and flatten' gesture] and some cotton type cloud here and there. You might just see the odd shower just sort of being squeezed out [wringing gesture] from some of the cloud maybe here and there.

By the end of the week you could be grabbing the wet-weather gear.

17:28 BBC News
In the studio with Huw.
If you've been in the garden doing some work you'll want to take some care because the old plants will do with some covering [covering plants gesture - see pic].

You might even be tempted to notch the old central heating up through the night.

Or not.

17:56 BBC News
In the studio with Huw again.
Do take some care, gardeners, if you've been busy over the past few days, you might want to think about those plants [covering gesture - see pic], wrap them up cos it's going to be a cold night tonight. A frost for many of us and you'll say [frowns], 'yes' - it will, in fact, happen. Lovely curl of cloud to the west, that's a weather system. Don't worry about him just yet, it's this lovely clear slot here with clear skies and light winds, temperatures are going to go fmm [dropping gesture], straight down.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
Temperatures, bmm [dropping gesture], straight down.

Temperatures will plummet, so bear it in mind maybe in the garden [wiggly covering plants gesture] and, I wouldn't be surprised, you might be tempted to notch the old central heating on tonight [prolonged thermostat gesture].

Notice how the cloud looks a bit mottled. Really the cloud sort of just bubbles up, almost like cotton-ball type stuff. Sixteen, perhaps, for London. And you are going to Chelsea [said more as a statement than a question], it's going to be about the same.

18:58 BBC News
The beginning of this one was missing, the sport over-ran.
[Was the first silent bit 'tonight might be...'?] ...One of those nights where you sort of dig in the cupboards, grab an extra blanket or two. you might even notch the old heating on as well [thermostat gesture].

The skies clear. Good night for the old telescope.

Good-looking start, but you might be grabbing an extra layer as you maybe head to the bus stop in the morning.

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.

The Weather Show

I meant to post this the other week when I first noticed the page had changed; the next edition of The Weather Show is coming next weekend.

From the BBC Weather Show page:

Having parachuted safely down from the Forth Bridge, the Weather Show has decided to up its insurance premiums and take the show elsewhere on the road.

Rather than accepting the offer of supporting Jay-Z and Shakin' Stevens at Glastonbury, the Spring Bank Holiday edition of the programme will be following its own agenda in some weather beaten location.

Err... Glastonbury is at the end of June, isn't it? Only a month out...

The programme is the BBC News Channel's look at the meteorological world around us and seeks to educate, inform and entertain.

Carol Kirkwood will once again leave the relative safety of the Blue Peter garden and take you on a magical mystery tour of meteorological mayhem, bringing you weather news from around the world and exploring just how and why, the weather impacts our lives.

The Weather Men will also be resuming regular duties and have taken off their coats, put on their shorts and applied plenty of sun cream to announce the arrival of summer. And if that image disturbs you too much, you are not alone and we may just ask them to cover up.

Last but not least there will be the usual helping of gadgets for those weather-techies amongst you, making it possibly our best show ever! Notice the word 'possibly' and assume that to be the same kind of 'possible' that is in the sentence 'possible sunny spells'.

So if you fancy getting away from the usual old television and learning more about the weather, do join us on the BBC News Channel (that's the one that used to be News 24) over the Spring Bank holiday weekend.

BBC News 'Channel', gah! Did you see me roll my eyes at the very mention of it? Yes, I'm still not over the name change.

A quick look on the Radio Times website suggests that the broadcast times on BBC News are Sunday 25th May at 11:30 and Monday 26th May at 02:30 and 10:30.
The RT has the programme description as,

'It's summer in the city, and as we get more sunshine the quality of the air decreases, we look at how this happens. Plus your weather photographs and the usual array of weather gadgets and weather news.'

Lately, the Dan-content of this programme has been alarmingly low, so bear that in mind if he's the only reason you'll watch.

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.

fixed!

The Sky is fixed! Yay!
Normal service resumes.

forecast forecast

Looks like we're in for a busy week next week; Angela tells us on the Yahoo! group that, according to the Radio Times, Dan's on afternoon and evenings Sunday 18th, Monday 19th, Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd May.
Yay!

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.

World News Today

So, being deprived of TV, I've had to resort to watching telly on the lovely BBC iPlayer (and the not so lovely 4OD). I thought I'd check yesterday's World News Today, just in case the forecast was kept on at the end - and it was!

Notice the temperature in London, twenty-six or twenty-seven, so probably the barbecue into the garden [barbecue gesture - see pic] would do well.

Watch online - Dan's about 27 minutes in. Hurry; as I type it's only available for 5 more hours.

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.

forecast forecast

Angela says;

According to next weeks RT, Dan is on afternoon / evenings on Sunday 11th and Monday 12th May.

I forgot to post last week's forecast forecast after some confusion with the date, but this week's RT has Dan down for the afternoon / evening slot this Friday, so if he's doing Sunday and Monday perhaps that means he might do Saturday too.

It's likely the Sky won't be fixed by then and a meeting after work on Friday will prevent me from watching online until after 17:30.

UPDATE: We now have absolutely no Sky signal on any channel. The engineer came out on Thursday and said we either need to chop down the trees (not an option) or have our Sky dish moved, which he can't do until next week.

BBC Radio 2

We hear Dan was 'just sort of puddling about in the garden' in yesterday's warm, sunny weather,
Put the shorts on, scared the neighbours and they closed all the curtains when they saw my skinny, white legs.

It's gonna be one of those days where you just want to sneak out (if you're going back to work) in the middle of the day and have a packed lunch in the park.

I think, overall, the rest of the week's looking pretty good and I think by the end of it you might be out with your bikini, you never know

Shame he's not on tomorrow, I do enjoy his chats with Janice Long.

Listen again, days about 1h 42m in, available for the next seven days.

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].

The Andrew Marr Show

I seemed to remember seeing a weather forecast in the middle of this programme a while ago but I missed it this morning - but have just discovered the delights of the streaming BBC iPlayer for Mac (none of this faffing about installing things like we did when we first tried it on Windows. My Mac, how I love thee, let me count the ways).

Andrew Marr: The latest twists in the atmospheric soap opera from Daniel Corbett. Daniel.

Dan: Well I tell you Andrew, it certainly keeps us busy and it was twenty-two degrees across the southern parts of Britain yesterday. Some spots probably had the deckchairs in the garden.

Keep the umbrella handy as we head to the course of Monday as well.

I think the umbrella in hand, Andrew, over the next couple of days.

And no sign off! Gasp!

Watch again (about 18 minutes in) - available for the next seven days.

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?

Radio 1

Dan was on Vernon Kay's Radio 1 show this morning - and it's well worth a listen.

Vernon asks Dan which is his favourite weather symbol.
When did Vernon last see BBC weather? Way back.
I think the sunshine's probably the best, which some of us might actually see.

Anyone from Birmingham, south could be thinking, 'well, what shall we do this afternoon?' I prefer the deckchairs in the garden.

Here's a little fact for you; the warmest it should be, has ever been for this time of year in April is 29.4 and that was way back in 1949 in London.

So for some of us it could be a decent day and you'll say, 'yeah, that's wonderful' - take advantage of it.

Some very cracking looking weather for this afternoon for southern parts of Britain.

Vernon asks Dan if he has any hobbies and we hear he likes running (which we already knew) then asks about the weather for next week, because it's his birthday. The news is not good.
If you want we can maybe push a few levers and some buttons and see what we can do. I'd keep your raincoat handy.

Listen again, available for the next seven days, about 25 minutes in.

Thanks to my good friend, Angel, over at the Matt Taylor Fanblog; if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have known to check Radio 1.

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.

forecast forecast

Angela has been scouring the Radio Times again; it has Dan down for the afternoon/evening shift on Sunday 27th April, the late evening shift on Tuesday 29th April (which includes the weather at the end of the Ten O'Clock News) and then back on afternoon/evenings on Friday 2nd May.

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.