that's the weather, for now

30th October

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Watch the video, embedded under the cut, below.

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

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

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

Video, below.

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

28th October

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23rd October

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Videos under the cut:

18th October

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

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

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

Certainly not been the day for the sunglasses.

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

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

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

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

Not a night for the telescope.

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

Video of this one under the cut, below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17th October

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

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

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

Video of this under the cut, below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13th October

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

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

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

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

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

Video of this under the cut, below.

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

12th October

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

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

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

Video of this under the cut, below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11th October

16:28 BBC News
You might be tempted to grab a couple of extra blankets from the cupboard and just stick them on the end of the bed.

There's video of this under the cut, below.

16:57 BBC News
Dan's a bit late with his thick duvet warning, we've had ours out for a week or so now.
You might be tempted to grab the thicker duvet.

You might be tempted to run back inside for an extra layer or two.

The temperatures will, fff, drop right away [dropping gesture].

Our ridge of high pressure just more or less sits there, just sits in place like you put some glue on the back of it [rubs map], pttt, and you leave it there.

17:27 BBC News
A decent-looking day, a day for a packed lunch in a bag and head out for the course of the afternoon.

18:10-ish BBC One
We're saying goodbye to that [waves goodbye to the wet weather] and saying hello to a lovely ridge of high pressure.

BBCi British Isles
Monday's a fine day, you might be temped to just take a sandwich, stick it in a bag, maybe have a packed lunch outside.

Countryfile
After a piece about Horse Chestnut trees:
If you're collecting conkers over the next couple of days you probably won't need the wet-weather gear, but you might need an extra layer or two.
Collecting conkers? They've all fallen off the trees already near TTWFN Towers.

Some of us might be turning on the central heating [thermostat gesture - see pic. Then, with emphasis] OR perhaps grabbing a couple of extra layers.
Thermostat cat is pleased.

The high pressure is still there. It's almost like you stick some glue on the ridge of high pressure and, pppt [sticks it on the map], just leave it there for a couple of days.

The ridge of high pressure, still there. Remember the glue at the back of it?

The ridge of high pressure by the end of the week; still there, isn't it?

Watch on the iPlayer, available for 7 days from broadcast.

Video of this, the 16:28 and the 18:56 under the cut...

10th October

BBCi British Isles
We've said goodbye [waves - see pic] to one weather system.

If you're out and about through the evening hours though, let's say across the south and the east, looking fine, sixteen's your number in London, so just sort of a light-ish coat, you'll be fine for the most part.

Not a chilly night, seven to ten or eleven, so you don't need all the layers on the bed if you're wondering.

Big ridge of high pressure builds in. It's almost like taking a balloon and just, vvvvv [expanding gesture], here it is.

16:56 BBC News
Maybe you're out early in the morning, [dog-walking gesture] maybe take the dog out for a walk, shouldn't be a bad start.

It's not a big little weather system, just a little wiggler wriggler [thanks, terratec365!] really.

Like pumping up a big balloon, vvvv [expanding gesture], here it comes, a lovely ridge of high pressure.

One of those days where you just want to put a sandwich in a bag [brolly-in-bag gesture] and head off to work and have a packed lunch outside.

18:55 BBC News
That's all it is, a little [??; Sky+ skipped] easing through, piece of energy, bye bye. And then, Ha Ha! We bring in some high pressure.

That ridge of high pressure, we more or less keep it, pmmm [gestures placing it on the map], right about there.

Video
As much as I dislike split posts, I'm going start embedding video under a cut from now on. Not everyone has the ability to stop videos automatically loading and playing and, while it was OK when I was only posting videos occasionally, I suspect it's probably pretty annoying for those using IE now there's a video in almost every post.

So, terratec365's video of the 16:56 is under the cut:

7th October

BBCi British Isles
It's been a slow-moving weather system that's kept the umbrellas in hand [umbrella gesture - see pic] for some of us again today.

Temperatures won't hang about, fmmm [dropping gesture], dropping right away.

Down over much of northern England it'll be a chilly start. You probably will be tempted to not the central heating on [thermostat gesture] for the overnight as well.

The dribs and drabs [of rain], come on, clear away [shoos it away], we've had enough already.

Relying on my hastily jotted notes again...

16:29 BBC News
This is the day you've sort of marked on the calendar with a check mark [ticks air].

16:57 BBC News
It's been a slow-moving weather system just sort of dawdling its feet across the southern parts of Britain; if indeed it did have feet.

Some wet weather tonight ... then it turns chilly, maybe the central heating [thermostat gesture]. That's the weather, for now.

Video of this under the cut, below.

17:30 BBC News
After Jon Sopel asked Dan if he was going to get wet as he left work this evening:
I hope you've got a big umbrella that spreads all the way across [gestures distance].

17:56 BBC News
Reaches into his jacket to retrieve his clicker ;-) The camera work was a bit dodgy on this one too, all over the place.

Probably out with the sunglasses [sunglasses gesture].

19:28 BBC News
Some of us could be digging out a few extra blankets over the next couple of nights.

Twitter
Today's top tweet:

EthanRayne:
Daniel Corbett controls the Weather Map with the skill of a Jedi Master.

Video of the 16:57 under the cut...

5th October

No Sky signal again, News at Six on the iPlayer is weatherless, BBCi (online) not updated since lunchtime and only caught two forecasts online. Gah!

17:56 BBC News
You look at it [the weather map?] and say, where do you start?'.

You'll get outside in the morning and you'll be like this [parting curtains gesture] with the air.

It's almost like you're pulling it [the long strip of rain?] and it doesn't want to leave.

Thursday's our fine day, put a circle round it.

19:26 BBC Four
Some of us may not have hauled out the old raincoat for quite a while, it'll probably come in handy for many of us over the next couple of days.

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

19:30 BBC News
Some of us might even be grabbing the wellies tomorrow.

Twitter
Chillly gives me a glimpse of what was missed on the Six [shakes fist at iPlayer]:

Dan Corbett (BBC weatherman) said "almost as if I've gone mad with a green crayon". I can imagine him with crayons.

Under the cut, video of the 18:56

27th September

BBC 5Live Weekend Breakfast
06:28
Thank goodness Weekend Breakfast is much less hazardous to your health than its weekday counterpart, or I'd have missed some interesting discussion about how Dan does his radio forecasts. It's worth a listen, and too long to transcribe.

Then, the forecast:
If you're peeling back the curtains fairly soon, when things get light, and you say, 'uurgh, God, it's grey', give it a couple of hours.

07:29
Wow, they say going to get Dan to do a piece of the 5Live blog about his forecasts - along with his scribbled-on charts. No sign of anything yet (UPDATE 11th Oct: I haven't forgotten about this, but it seems that the people at 5Live have - I do keep checking on a regular basis!), but will add a link to it here if/when it appears.

08:29
You pull back the kitchen window curtains or something and say, 'wow, a nice day!'.

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

BBCi North America
Watch the overnight temperatures really tumble ... you can see them sort of pulling out some blankets [gestures doing so - see pic].

Also, my friend Heather sent me a message to say she heard Dan on Radio 4 today - and I read on Twitter that he was on TV this afternoon too.

26th September

Another day of 5Live

07:30 BBC 5Live
Phil Williams: If only you could fix the weather, people wouldn't mind that, would they?

Dan: [laughs] We've been trying for a long time, yeah. Sometimes I do a rain dance but you shouldn't see it, it's an ugly one. But I don't need to do it today and I won't, because, I tell you, we've got a good-looking day.

High pressure sitting to the south-west of Britain, like it's been doing over the past couple of days, almost like you take some sticky glue, you stick it on the back of the high and put it to the south-west of Britain and it doesn't move.

08:28 BBC 5Live
That ridge of high pressure has been sitting to our south and to our west for the past couple of days, and it really hasn't moved. It's almost like it's got some lead weights attatched to it, it doesn't want to move - and it won't really.

Danny Baker
At half-hourly intervals I actually abandoned listening to Adam and Joe in order to watch (yes, watch) Dan do the weather on Danny Baker's show. During the live broadcast you are able to peer into the studio via a webcam, on the 5Live website and via the red button. Not just the usual webcam stills, but moving pictures, people.
Such a shame it's audio only on the iPlayer (available until 2nd January 2010).

09:30
If you're out-and-about, maybe just a trip to the park, you'll still do fairly well.

After previously wondering whether Dan gesticulates as he does his radio forecasts, my curiosity was satisfied; his hands did indeed move around as he talked. And I've long been fascinated by people's reactions to Dan, so it was good to see others in the studio watching attentively.

10:25

As if being able to WATCH Dan do the radio forecast wasn't already interesting enough, how about adding Alistair McGowan to the mix. Yes, Alistair McGowan, Britain's second best Daniel Corbett impersonator. I was keen to see what would happen if they were both in the studio at the same time. Not an impression, thankfully. But Dan did get a mention.

We hear Alistair is obsessed with attendances at football matches:
If there's 38,000 at Everton vs Fulham, that's OK, the world is all right ... but if there's suddenly 23,000 at Everton vs Fulham you think, 'what's happening?'. If there's 15,000 at Darlington vs Macclesfield, you think, 'ooh', so I always have to check. If the attendances fit the regular pattern, everything will be all right, the world will carry on. When the environmental doomsday comes, you watch, there'll be 8,000 at Everton vs Fulham and we'll know that we should have listened to [points at Dan] Daniel Corbett's weather forecasts, we should have worked out that the temperatures are rising and it would be reflected in the attendances.

Shortly afterwards, the forecast:
We've got this cloud easing in and maybe you've just stepped out this morning and gone, 'eeuw, gosh'.

Given my aforementioned interest in seeing other people's reactions to Dan, I was focussed on Alistair during the forecast. He watched attentively; I'd like to think he was doing some much needed homework.
They both left the studio at about the same time. Oh to be a fly on the wall...

BBCi North America
We continue to see some lovely weather over the western parts of North America. For some spots, people are probably looking at their watches [does so] in Canada, saying, 'is this actually late September?'.

23rd September

Nothing recorded at all on the Sky+ today and wasn't able to watch online. Thank goodness for the iPlayer, BBCi and YouTube:

16:57 BBC News
A decent-looking start, you'll be back indoors for the sunglasses [brief sunglasses gesture].

It's a decent day, one of the days where you're packing your bag [gestures doing so], stick a sandwich in there, sort of head out to the park for the middle of the day.

And you can see this thing [high pressure] too, think of it like taking a bubble, you just pump it up, vvvv [expanding gesture], there it goes. High pressure building in, a couple of weather systems dancing to the north.

There's video of this one under the cut.

18:25 BBC One and BBC News
Nice spell of weather. I think we're going to take the umbrellas, many of us, stick 'em in the back of the cupboard [gestures doing so - see pic] for a couple of days as a lovely ridge of high pressure builds in.

Our ridge of high pressure, think of it like a big balloon, we just sort of take some air and go, fwwwww [pumping gesture], just build it up.

I can already see a few spots, people putting deckchairs [deckchair gesture] back in the garden.

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

BBCi British Isles
You step to the outside in Norwich and you go, 'phew, very good'. You'll probably grab the sunglasses as well [sunglasses gesture].

That ridge of high pressure, it's going to hang on for the next couple of days, so the old umbrellas, stick it in the back of the cupboard [very energetic throwing gesture].

Twitter
Forgot to mention, there were several excellent Dan-related tweets on Twitter yesterday. A couple of good ones today too:

LeeConti
Dan Corbett has just eased the weather upon the nation in such a loving, sexy way. I feel a little used, but in a nice way. :)

EthanRayne
Daniel Corbett: The Michelangelo of Weathermen!

Video of the 16:57 under the cut...

18th September

Fairly sure I missed lots of Dan-isms; the ongoing Sky+ problems rendered most broadcasts unwatchable.

22:26 BBC News
You're stepping to the outside, maybe take the dog for a walk [dog-walking gesture], you'll be fine, but just sort of seeing some cloud here and there [looks up].

02:26 BBC News
It's a dry start as well so if you are starting out early, take the dog out for a walk [dog-walking gesture], he'll probably sprint out the door.

BBCi British Isles
If you do have the outdoor plans, neighbours coming round or something, still going to be OK.

Shipping Forecast
Listen again, 1 minute in. Available for 7 days from broadcast.

BBCi Europe
Greece; it won't be the deckchairs with the wet weather here [see pic].

17th September

16:30 BBC News
The cloud does act as a sort of blanket, like taking a big thick duvet, you put it on the bed; not as chilly.

16:56 BBC News
I think for many of us, leave the old umbrella at home.

17:56 BBC News
Maybe you've been tempted over the past couple of nights just to throw a couple of blankets on the end of the bed, you never know.

That little chappie to the south, this one there, they sort of squeeze in, they're like a bit of a weather sandwich of sorts.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
I think we can keep the wet weather gear stuffed away in the cupboard for another day.

Maybe you've been sort of tempted to stick a couple of extra blankets on the bed over the past couple of nights [see pic].

And, WOW - a rare outing on the Six for the classic 'that's the weather, for now' sign-off.

18:56 BBC News
Lumps of cloud just sort of floating about like bits and pieces of a puzzle of sorts.

12th September

16:29 BBC News
After a piece about downloading music:
Martine Croxall: Let's take a look at the weather forecast, no downloads required. Here he is, live and dangerous, Dan Corbett.

Dan: Well I tell you, the weather, you don't even have to download it either, it's just perfect.

Through the night this area of cloud slowly eases in from the North Sea, then it just oozes in, almost like some waves lapping at the shore.

It won't be wall-to-wall blue sky. It's still going to be a decent day, the deckchairs [deckchair gesture], you can keep them in the garden, it'll be nice.

17:56 BBC News
It's been a fine-looking day for the outside, perhaps you've had a picnic basket out.

There's a lump of cloud to the north and you say, 'well, it's a lump of cloud'.

BBCi British Isles
Surely I'm not the only one to have noticed the white figure on the tree in the background picture today.
The cloud just sort of eases in, like pulling the curtain in the bedroom at night [same pulling cloud in gesture as yesterday].

10th September

BBCi British Isles
If you have some outdoor plans, dust off a picnic basket [dusting gesture] or something, I think you'll be in fine shape.

16:29 BBC News
A quiet sort of night, you might be out there with the telescope.

A decent-looking day; one of those days where you stick a packed lunch in the bag [brolly-in-bag gesture].

16:55 BBC News
That ridge of high pressure more or less just sort of sits there. You go, dfff, like that [places high pressure on the map] leave it on the weather map and just sort of watch it for a couple of days [waiting gesture].

17:29 BBC News
In the studio:
It's been a gorgeous day; nice day for picnics in the park.

17:57 BBC News
In the studio:
High pressure ... sitting in place, almost like putting it into park and it doesn't move for a couple of days.

You might even be tempted for the extra blanket here and there. Clear skies, light winds and the temperatures do, thwww, [dropping gesture], drop right away.

The ridge of high pressure, pptt [places it on the map], sitting right there on the map, not really moving.

One of those days where you put a packed lunch into a bag [brolly-in-bag gesture] and take it out.

A couple of weather fronts dance around to the top of it [the high pressure].

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
Just a massive ridge of high pressure sitting in place, almost like you have a big cement block [gestures holding one], you stick it there, it doesn't move and it doesn't want to.

That ridge of high pressure, it's just sitting there almost like you almost sit and wait [waiting gesture], it just doesn't move.

If you haven't already dusted off the picnic basket [dusting gesture] or outdoor plans, it's certainly the time for it.

18:55 BBC News
Big ridge of high pressure building in and just parking itself.

You can see some of this cloud just easing in to East Anglia and the South East, looks like a bit of Swiss cheese.

19:26 BBC Four
Today was the sort of day where you wanted to head outside with a packed lunch during lunch [see pic].

Quite a big old thing, it's just sitting there, with some glue on the back of the ridge of high pressure [rubs map as if glueing].

19:30 BBC News
I hope you managed to dust off the picnic basket.

9th September

Wow! Dan was on fire tonight; exceptionally enthusiastic and brought out several new Dan-isms.

BBCi British Isles
It looks like the picnic baskets will be coming out for many of us over the next couple of days.

It shouldn't be too bad for the telescope as well.

Fine, bright skies, very very pleasant, you'll probably be out there with the old sunglasses [sunglasses gesture - see pic].

As we work through the day the ridge of high pressure that has more or less been sitting to the South-West finally builds in and sort of pops out his deckchair [deckchair gesture] and just sort of says, 'right, I'm here to stay'. And it will.

High pressure just sort of takes control and says, 'it's mine'.

16:28 BBC News
We can all reach into the cupboard and pull out the picnic basket [gestures doing so], dust it off and probably even use it as well.

A good night for the telescope for some of us as well.

16:56 BBC News
We'll have the sunglasses out for the next couple of days.

Notice this little finger of white, almost like we've gone like that [scribbling gesture] with some cotton wool, just sort of draped it across the weather map.

A great night for the telescope, maybe you're out-and-about.

Notice this little area of cloud, a few spots of rain easing in, but the high pressure just sort of takes over and says, 'aha! I'm here!'.

And then Saturday, it almost looks the same, well it does because high pressure, bmmm [gestures planting it on the map], it's just sitting here, it doesn't move.

The picnic basket; haul it out of the cupboard, it'll be coming in handy over the next couple of days.

17:28 BBC News
It could be the night for the old telescope.

17:56 BBC News
You step to the outside and you'll be grabbing the sunglasses [sunglasses gesture] as you maybe head out in your car.

Think of the high pressure like a big balloon, it just builds and just says, 'aha! Here we are!' and gives us a fine, dry day. Those showers by the afternoon; bye bye, that's it.

Outdoor plans, maybe even a picnic basket, you might even grab it.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
I think some of us could be taking out the picnic baskets over the next couple of days, dusting them off, a nice spell of weather.

A good night for the telescope.

High pressure, almost like we take some glue, stick it on the back of the high [glueing gesture] and keep it there.

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

18:56 BBC News
What's left of our weather front, he's easing away, bye bye.

19:26 BBC Four
I think the picnic baskets, pull them out of the cupboard [gestures doing so], dust them off, they'll certainly be coming in handy.

High pressure building in, almost like you take some glue, put it on the back of it and stick it there [gestures sticking it to the map].

The ridge of high pressure just sort of builds in and just sits there like you glue it to the old weather map.

Watch on the iPlayer, around 26 minutes in. Available for 24 hours from broadcast.

6th September

BBCi British Isles
If you're perhaps heading home maybe from Grandma's for the weekend, you'll see some outbreaks of rain as you perhaps head out-and-about or heading home.

Like having a big blue balloon, you pull the air out of it [gestures doing so] and it just starts to fizzle.

16:29 BBC News
Maybe you've been out to the park and you've seen the thicker cloud work in.

The whole thing just sort of shrinks, shhhhw, [shrinking gesture] like that.

16:57 BBC News
The weather's going to be like that [roller-coaster gesture] for the week.

17:27 BBC News
It'll be like a good old windbag, you pull the air from it [gestures doing so] and, shhhw, it fizzles out.

Quite a monster, in fact; look at this thing just work in, really winding itself up as it works in, the squeeze of the lines. Almost like you take a top and go, fwww [spinning-top gesture] off it goes and the low just sort of winds up.

Countryfile
We push that system away and almost like taking a bubble, you just start pumping it with air [briefly gestures doing so] and it just goes vvvv [expanding gesture], like that.

Watch on the iPlayer. The link should take you straight to the forecast. Available for 7 days from broadcast.

UPDATE:
Oh look, video!

BBCi British Isles
The weather front works south, just like cleaning a slate you go shhhw [gestures pushing weather front southwards - see pic] like that, just sort of wiping the windscreen sort of thing.

24th August

BBCi British Isles
Further south it was probably a night for the old fan last night [fan gesture].

With the heat of the day it sort of bubbles up the cloud. A sort of cauliflower sort of cloud day with the cloud bubbling up.

16:56 BBC News
Heads up for some heavy rain. The remnants of what was once our tropical troublemaker, Bill, this mass here. Notice how this thing just winds up, like you take a top and you just go, fmmm [spinning-top gesture] and you pull it, look how this low just deepens [makes spinning gesture with finger].

This is the day you put the X across [draws cross in air] and say, 'it's a washout'.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
I have to say, he is usually relatively sedate on the Six, but not this evening. After a piece about cockney cash machines;
George Alagiah: I don't know what the rhyming slang for sunshine or weather is, but let's see what it's going to be like, Daniel.

Dan: Probably for umbrella, like this [umbrella gesture], OK? Just kidding, but it might be coming in handy tomorrow.

There will be showers [ignition-type gesture?] so the umbrella will come in handy [umbrella gesture].

One of those days where you look at the clouds [looks up] and they look like lumps of cauliflower.

The remnants of our former Hurricane Bill, that thing there, just working in. Quite a bit of moisture in it, and look how it just winds up, like you pull a top and it goes, foom [spinning-top gesture], as it works in.

Certainly worth a second viewing.

23rd August

BBCi British Isles
It's been another one of those uneven weather days; some of us have had the sun-loungers in the garden, other spots we've had the umbrellas [umbrella gesture], even the wellies.

Depending on where you are you might be grabbing the umbrella [umbrella gesture] as you head your way back to work.

Am hoping there were no Dan-isms in the first forecast; another Sky+ fail.
Watched online after that.

16:57 BBC News
It's quite a mixed sort of day, depending on where you've been, maybe it's the sun-lounger, you've just come in from outside, or perhaps you've been looking at the rain go right past the window.

17:55 BBC News...
Excuse me BBC; interviewing random members of the public about some boring sporting event takes precedence over the weather now does it? Gah.

18:31 BBC News
Our little line of colour here, this is out little weather front, just sort of sits there like a bit of a nothing really. And then a little piece of energy just comes into it and almost like you spray some blue at it [gestures doing so] and it just vmmm, [ignition gesture] starts to come to life.

Countryfile
Then we get to Wednesday and probably just sort of take a big deep breath.

Wednesday's the big X day [ticks the air], the write-off day; bear it in mind if you're out and about, not the day for the snacks snaps really.

What? No sign-off?! We wuz robbed.

20th August

BBCi British Isles
A better night for sleeping, particularly across south-eastern areas where it was a bit of a [fan gesture] sticky old night with the fan going last night.

A decent start to the day, it'll be fairly bright but you'll be sticking the umbrella in the bag [brolly-in-bag gesture].

One of those days where you see the cloud almost like lumps of cauliflower [see pic], they really get going. And just look at them through the day, vmm [ignition gesture] as they do, like turning the gas flame on, bmm [flicking switch gesture], they bubble up.

After yesterday's Sky+ fail, I took precautions and watched on the 'ternet.

16:30 BBC News
Some drier, brighter spells mixed in but you almost shoehorn them in [shoehorn gesture] then in between some of the showers.

16:57 BBC News
One of those days where you just see the cloud like big lumps of cauliflower [same cauliflower-holding gesture as on BBCi earlier] in the day.

There was NO WEATHER at twenty-five past five.
Shocking.

17:57 BBC News
In the studio.
You see the speckles of blue, almost like we've gone like that [flicking gesture] with some blue paint and a paintbrush .

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
The cloud just sort of bubbles up almost like lumps of cauliflower [same cauliflower gesture as before] you'll see through the day.

You'll certainly be grabbing the umbrella [umbrella gesture] if you are to the outside.

19th August

BBCi British Isles
Sticky night for sleeping across the South-East, the old fan [fan gesture] will be going in the bedroom

Come away from the weather front you're still in the soupy air [pulls face], so it's sort of an 'ugh' [pulls face again - see pic] sort of morning as you step to the outside. Eighteen is the number standing at the bus stop in Norwich and probably about twenty in London on the platform or the bus stop.

The Sky+ isn't too keen on the heat. It skipped through every single recording, leaving few sentences intact. Grrr. This is all I caught:

16:30-ish BBC News
The thirties, we say goodbye to them [waves].

16:57 BBC News
Still with our wet weather, but at least it's still pushed through Northern Ireland, so you're into the fresher air; 'ahhh' as you step to the outside.

It also skipped through something about a 'big piece of blue plasticine', with accompanying stretching gesture.

17:30 BBC News
In the studio.
Further north, a different story for you; it's been wet weather, it's not been the sun loungers.

It'll be a sticky night for sleeping across the South-East, no lower than eighteen or nineteen, you'll probably want the old fan going in the room [fan gesture].

17:56 BBC News
In the studio.
Further north you're probably already saying, 'come on, Dan, give us a break.'

This big mass of wet weather, looks rather impressive ... [Sky+ skips] take a big blue piece of plasticine, you sort of squeeze it down and shake it apart [accompanying hand gestures] and there's nothing left of it.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
It's going to be a sticky night across the south-eastern parts of Britain; the fan will be going in the bedroom [fan gesture].

18:57 BBC News
For Northern Ireland showers just bubbling up. Almost looks like sort of blobs of blue just being flicked at the map [flicks hand at map].

19:26 BBC Four
Wednesday was the day for the ice-lollies for some of us across southern parts of Britain.

18th August

BBCi British Isles
Wednesday will again be one of these sorts of days [weighing-up gesture, see pic] depending on where you are.

Further south and east you are, with high pressure dominating, bringing the warm air coming in off the continent, it's another day for the seaside, perhaps.

16:28 BBC News
For some of us it's been a good-looking day; temperatures into the mid- to upper-twenties, a day for the ice-cream man. But for some of us, though, it's been the umbrella [umbrella gesture].

16:57 BBC News
A wet start again for Northern Ireland as we bring in the outbreaks of rain, heavier bursts into south-west Scotland, the darker blues, like I've gone like this [scribbling gesture], like that with some blue crayon.

And further to the south it's that warmer air just oozing from southern parts of France. Notice the colours, the reds, all of that just working its way in, like a red layer of, er, treacle of sorts.

17:31 BBC News
In the studio.
It's been a good-looking day for some of us; twenty-five degrees in the South-East, but anyone further north will be saying, 'what are you talking about? The rain has been falling past my window'.

17:57 BBC News
In the studio. The Sky+ skipped through much of this one, including an opening Dan-ism, with an umbrella gesture. It also skipped through what sounded like a weather-system "sitting there, almost like it's waiting for a bu-".

Talking about the heat coming from France;
Guess where that's going? Fwww, here it comes, almost like you tip some red paint on the map and go, wooop [gestures pushing it northwards], like that across southern parts of Britain.

18:27 BBC One and BBC News
We've had a mixed sort of day, again it's one of those days, some of us had sun hats [touches head], some of us umbrellas [umbrella gesture], depending on what part of the country.

7th August

On top form today.

BBCi British Isles
If you're starting to plan for the weekend, hopefully you'll be thinking about the picnic basket at the back of the cupboard [see pic], might come in handy as opposed to the umbrella [umbrella gesture] and the raincoat.

It's a decent start to Saturday, probably scenes like this [turns to backdrop], with the cloud just sort of bubbling up and flattening out [accompanying 'bubbling up and flattening out' gesture].

A fairly pleasant day, wash the car, whatever it is, very nice for the most part.

A pleasant evening as well, maybe outdoor plans, neighbours coming round, you should be in fine shape.

16:29 BBC News
The weather forecast might for once put a smile on your face instead of [shields eyes] making you weep.

It's a weak old weather front, think of it like a little blue piece of plasticine, you pull it apart [stretching gesture], it just sort of thins out into showers.

Look at the finishing numbers; you'll be to the outside to the park.

You might even be dusting off the picnic basket, you never know.

16:56 BBC News
Maybe after a long, hard week working you can perhaps just sort of head home, put the deckchairs into the garden and a fine-looking sit outside.

Saturday, one of those mornings to take the dog for a walk and he goes pmmm, straight out the door [accompanying dog-bolting gesture].

The cloud just sort of bubble up, flattens out [same 'bubbling up, flattening out' gesture as before], a decent day for the outside. Eighteen to middle twenties. You know, I can already see the picnic baskets, perhaps.

There's our little ridge of high pressure, just that little bubble of sorts there. This little weak weather thing, you just sort of pull it away [gestures doing so], pmm, off it goes.

17:56 BBC News
After Film 24:
With the weekend upon us, perhaps you think it's going to be another soggy weekend inside watching the films. Well, pack your picnic basket, get the deckchairs out; it's going to be a fairly decent-looking weekend for many of us. And even this evening, clear spells, so maybe you're sort of heading home and just wheel the deckchairs into the garden [deckchair gesture].

If you're out early, maybe washing the car...

Our little ridge of high pressure, notice the little bubble there, this is the little weak weather front. It's almost like you sort of pull him away [gestures doing so], pffp, off you go, bye bye.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
For a change we can take the umbrellas and stash them to the side [accompanying gesture].

If you have the outdoor plans instead of just looking through the windows [gestures doing so] and seeing all the rain go by, how about a pleasant-looking one?

Some decent weather, maybe even a picnic basket, you never know.

19:26 BBC Four
If you're outside maybe cutting the grass [gestures doing so], or whatever it is, just sitting in the deckchairs, you'll be in fine shape.

The cloud just sort of bubbling, even though it looks a bit like Swiss cheese.

19:27 BBC News
Geoff Clark: Now, if you're an England cricket fan you could've done with rain at least today, and rain tomorrow, rain forever I think. Dan Corbett, are we going to get it?

Dan: You're probably trying to hint at me to do my rain dance, but I tell you, it's not very good either.

A fine-looking day; deckchairs into the garden [deckchair gesture], a picnic basket, you never know.

3rd August

16:30 BBC News
It'll be a wet sort of day tomorrow, a drizzly sort of day. A day where you sort of open the curtains in the morning [parting curtains gesture, looks up] and go, 'yuck'.

16:56 BBC News
You step to the outside and probably pull back the bedroom curtains [gestures doing so] and go [pulls face], 'uuurgh, gosh'.

It's really just like bits and pieces, almost like taking flecks of blue paint and throwing them at the weather map [flicking gesture].

17:56 BBC News
In the studio.
Picnic baskets maybe for the day today, but certainly not tomorrow.

As we work through the night the main energy pushes through so it just sort of shrinks if anything, like a big blue balloon, you pull the plug and it just goes ffft, like that [gestures shrinking balloon].

You'll go out the door in the morning and you'll go [pulls face] 'phww, gah.'

Our weather front will just wiggle like a little blue snake there.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
This is the one day of the week where you'll probably put an x on it [draws line in the air] as far as if you were looking for the sunny skies.

You'll manage to get a bit of brightness here and there but obviously it won't be sort of a bright blue sky day [looks up - see pic].

Still our wiggling weather front which will essentially wiggle [wiggles hand].

Look at all the dry weather from Scotland down to south-west England. That's a nice change, isn't it?

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

19:26 BBC Four
The low just sort of winds itself up like you pull a top and go, [spinning top gesture], fwiing, off it goes.

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

2nd August

16:55 BBC News
It's been a decent looking day for the outside, deckchairs into the garden, a trip to the park.

You won't be sort of like that with the umbrella [two-handed umbrella gesture] at the bus stop.

A big lump there, working its way in like a big blue sausage, just bending in.

17:28 BBC News
Bits and pieces of blue just being smattered at the map [flicking gesture].

17:56 BBC News
Trip back to work on Monday morning some of us might even be able to get away with not putting the old umbrella in the bag [brolly-in-bag gesture] for a change.

Not a bad-looking start; you might not be out there with the umbrella with two hands [two-handed umbrella gesture].

Tuesday's the mucky day, just put a red x next to it.

BBCi British Isles
Monday's not a bad day, it's bright spells, you won't be bundled up with the old raincoat [see pic] and the umbrella [two-handed umbrella gesture] and everything.

Monday night, wet old night, not the night for the washing on the line.

18:55-ish BBC One
I think the old umbrellas and raincoats can stay at home for many of us [gestures pushing them away].

Countryfile
If you've been out with the dog today, a good day for walking the dog, the dog probably had a smile on its face as well [incomprehensible - something about sunglasses?] if he could smile.

You see low pressure to the west and you say, 'go on, pull the other leg'.

Mark Tuesday with a red x [draws circle in air - see pic].

Watch on the iPlayer, about 48 minutes in (the link should take you straight to the forecast). Available for 7 days from broadcast.

1st August

BBCi British Isles
Of the two days it's finally the day where you can say, 'let's put the deckchairs into the garden' [deckchair gesture - see pic], maybe a trip to the park, it's a good-looking day.

16:56 BBC News
Outdoor plans - deckchairs in the garden, trip to the park; you're in fine shape.

It was pointed out on Twitter how rarely BBC1 viewers get to see Dan's trademark sign-off. There were no Dan-isms of note on his BBC1 forecast today, but at least we got the point-and-nod.

30th July

On early today, for some reason.

14:57 BBC News
Jon Sopel: Dan Corbett is here - and it's another fine day for an indoor barbecue.

Dan: Well, Jon, you haven't seen the way you barbecue in the summer; you go like this with the umbrella [umbrella gesture with his left hand], like that with the spatula [gestures holding one in his right hand] and you're all set.

BBCi British Isles
And then we get to the weekend, you say, 'rain at times [closes eyes - see pic], ohhh gosh'.

16:29 BBC News
If you're out, maybe thinking about the picnic, there have been a few showers that have bubbled up.

16:55 BBC News
This system; bye bye, off you go [shoos it away]. And how about a little ridge of high pressure? A decent day for the outside, circle this one with a red marker, Sunday is your day.

Twitter
Today's top tweet:

EthanRayne
Daniel Corbett is the Ultimate Forecaster. The Master Prognosticator. The Yoda of Weathermen.

26th July

22:28 BBC News
What's left of our little weather system of the weekend, this little finger of blue here, notice how it just sort of thins, almost like you pull it apart [pulling gesture], like that [blows raspberry], that's it.

22:55 BBC News
What's left of our little weather front, the little line of blue ... you just sort of pull it apart, almost like a piece of blue plasticine [pulling gesture].

Shipping Forecast
Dan read the shipping forecast this morning.
Listen again, 1 minute in. Available for 7 days from broadcast.

Australasia forecast
Weather system moving across most of New Zealand for Tuesday, so the umbrellas [umbrella gesture - see pic] probably coming in handy through the day.

Twitter
Today's top tweet:

WeeMcG
Wow. BBC weatherman appears to be bringing us the weather tonight via the medium of interpretive dance.

24th July

16:27 BBC News
I think it's more like one of these [shields eyes with hand] as you look at the weather for this afternoon.

The last piece of our low pressure eased through and that's helped to ignite some fairly hefty showers. Notice how they just come to life, like you turn the stove on and the gas flame just goes vmm [ignition gesture].

16:55 BBC News
A decent start to the weekend. So you might be dusting off the picnic basket, you never know.

One of the mornings where you just want to step to the outside and enjoy it really.

If the neighbours are coming round for the barbecue, you should be OK.

Our high pressure, you'd want to keep him here [gestures clinging on to the high pressure] but, unfortunately, look what's coming [pulls face], this thing here, this wet and windy thing.

17:27 BBC News
In the studio with Julian Worricker, after a story about a blind dog with a guide dog:
Julian: After the end of a mixed week weather-wise, here's Daniel Corbett to cheer us all up.

Dan: [can't hear his first words, the mic wasn't on] ...decent-looking weather, even the dogs might be singing, you never know.

17:56 BBC News
Saturday morning, one of those maybe you'd lie in [leans back slightly, closes eyes for a moment], go out for a nice walk [shooing gesture], very pleasant.

Maybe you're sort of preparing in the morning, wheeling the barbecue out [barbecue gesture] and by the afternoon you see the cloud and go [pulls face] 'eeurgh, gosh'.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
There it is [the high pressure], I'll try and hold onto it [same clinging on to high pressure gesture as before - see pic] and I wish I could but, unfortunately, this is what's coming in.

Signs off with,
So, barbecue Saturday, wellies on Sunday and the umbrella.

19:33 BBC News
Saturday;
Will be a bright start to the day. You might sort of step to the outside and say [looks up], 'fww, a lovely start'.

Twitter
Today's top tweet:

Jo_Cahill
Daniel Corbett's gestures whilst giving the weather forecast, the swoop of the arms to describe a low front approaching, - truly balletic.

23rd July

BBCi British Isles
So again, the old umbrella into the bag [brolly-in-bag gesture - see pic] as we start the old day.

Fifteen for Cardiff with already a smattering of showers just dotting their way across the landscape. But then as we go it almost looks like we've gone like that [flicking gesture] with a paintbrush with blue paint on it.

16:29 BBC News
As you start the morning you'll be thinking, [looks up] 'umbrella or not?', just stick it in the bag [brolly-in-bag gesture] because it's going to be one of those days where the showers just go vvvv [ignition gesture], they come to life.

16:55 BBC News
Some brighter spells but the showers starting to bubble up. You'll notice that probably in the clouds [looks up] a bit more sort of like lumps of cauliflower.

Let's get rid of this thing, low pressure; bye bye, off you go [pushes it away].

Saturday's your decent day, I think. Maybe even dust off your picnic basket [gestures doing so] you never know.

17:29 BBC News
In the studio.
The showers, they don't take long. Just like turning on a gas flame on the stove, fffmm [ignition gesture] they come to life.

By the afternoon you almost have to shoehorn in [shoehorn gesture] some drier and brighter weather.

17:58 BBC News
In the studio again.
Friday will be;
Another day to stick the old umbrella in the bags [brolly in bag gesture].

You almost look at it [incomprehensible] bits and pieces of paint being thrown at the weather map with a paintbrush [flicking gesture].

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
A day again when you put the umbrella in the bag [brolly-in-bag gesture]. But we start off and it doesn't take long for the showers to really come to life [ignition gesture], almost like turning the gas flame on on the stove [ignition gesture].

Low pressure; bye bye, off you go [pushes it away]. And how about this? High pressure building in. You'll like Saturday.

The outdoor plans, this will be the day, circle it with a red marker [draws circle in the air].

19:26 BBC Four
This is Saturday, enjoy it, a decent day for the outside, the barbecues [barbecue gesture].

Again, I'm going to be fairly busy over the next couple of days, so blogging may be delayed.

17th July

BBCi British Isles
All the moisture wrapping around the [incomprehensible], just sort of winding it like you pull a top and it goes vmmm [spinning top gesture], like that and it continues to just wind and wind.

We work our way through the night; it's almost like a big washing machine watching bits of clothing spinning around [spins arms round].

16:57 BBC News
To the Midlands, to East Anglia, shouldn't be too bad, maybe even venturing outside take the dog for a walk [dog-walking gesture], he probably at least won't say [turns head] 'oh come back', he'll actually go out for a walk.

Still the first troublemaker, come on, bye-bye [shoos it off with hand].

17:57 BBC News
Maybe you're heading away for the weekend. If you are maybe packing the kids in the car you might want to take come care, plan ahead.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
I think we can finally take the umbrellas, stick them in the cupboard ['coat in cupboard'-type gesture, see pic] and just let them dry off.

6th July

The TBT had Dan down to do the afternoon and evening shift, so when he didn't appear on TV I checked BBCi World; it was Simon King (the forecast hadn't been updated since the early hours of the morning).

Yet, I checked just now - and there's Dan!

Caught a forecast on the News Channel, one on Radio 4 and...

19:26 BBC Four
The wet-weather gear probably had a good workout today.

You really almost have to shoehorn yourself in to find a few drier spots [accompanying 'shoehorn' gesture - see pic].

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

5th July

BBCi British Isles
The air just goes fmmm [ignition gesture], like that with the heat of the day.

Then it's literally just turn the gas flame up, they [the showers] just bubble up a bit more.

16:28 BBC News
We start Monday with the showers all ready to get going out of the starting blocks.

16:55 BBC News
It'll be one of those mornings you think it'll be lovely, sunglasses [sunglasses gesture], stick the umbrella in the bag [brolly-in-bag gesture].

This mass of speckles, almost like blue measles across the British Isles.

17:27 BBC News
Eleven, twelve, to fifteen as we start Monday, with already the showers racing themselves out of the starting blocks.

17:57 BBC News
Wow, a new Dan-ism:
Notice the clumps of cloud bubbling with the heat of the day ... like almost lumps of mashed potato.

You'll probably be out there with the umbrella [umbrella gesture] as you maybe stand on the platform or waiting at the bus stop, the south coast same sort of thing and then work down to south-west England as well, look at it, like we've gone like that [throwing gesture] with the blue paint and kept on going.

With the heating of the day like almost turning the gas flame on, it goes vmmm [ignition gesture] and that's what'll happen to the showers, vmmm [raises hands] up they go.

Countryfile
Twitter alerted me to the fact that Dan had been on TV with his sleeves rolled up. Gasp!

The whole swirl of showers sort of spinning around, almost like looking at lumps of clothing spinning around a washing machine [draws circle in the air].

We'll try to bring in this weather front but he's still sitting there almost waiting on a platform sort of thing.

Watch again on the iPlayer, 49 minutes in, available for 7 days from broadcast.
Not sure how long that nifty link gadget has been hidden there in the iPlayer programme information (probably for as long as they've been keeping track of who links to their programmes), but I'm not entirely convinced that you will be whisked straight to the start of the forecast, despite having chosen that option.

UPDATE
Turns out the linky thing is new. The 'current point' button still does nothing to change the url for me Ah! Turns out you have to press it WHILE the video is playing, not when paused. Counter-intuitive? Anyhow, it works now:
Ta daa!

22nd June

16:28 BBC News
Sophie Long: Let's catch up with the weather, Simon King I think has the details, Simon. Dan Corbett, sorry, it's Dan.

Dan: [laughs] It's alright, it's still going to be good weather, whoever it is.

For some of us it might be a night where you switch the old fan on in the bedroom and it'll be spinning around [fan gesture].

16:55 BBC News
Uh-oh, the Sky+ is getting jumpy again.
I think certainly picnic baskets in hand.

Temperatures here still reasonably mild at eight o'clock in the morning; fourteen, fifteen. You'll sort of notice that; you'll walk outside and 'phww, boy' - a sign of things to come through the day.

Remember the drier air that's working in from the continent, just think of it like pulling back the curtains in a bedroom and going, 'fmm' [pulls back cloud] like that.

Maybe you've got the week off; lucky if you have.

I wish!

17:57 BBC News
The cloud has;
Just sort of been floating about, almost like wiggling about a bedsheet of sorts [brief throwing gesture].

It's not the night for the old telescope.

Might be one of those 'ugh' sort of nights in the old bedroom.

18:27 BBC One and BBC News
Good-looking weather for Wimbledon and I think sun hats over the next couple of days.

By the time we get to probably Wednesday, Thursday - watch the thermometer go, vmmm, and the cloud go fffw [sweeps it out of the way] like that.

I think for some of us almost like sticky, you might be tempted to put the fan on in the bedroom [fan gesture].

If you are going [to Wimbledon] probably the sun lotion as well [rubs back of hand - see pic].

19:26 BBC Four
That drier air continues to ease in, almost like eating up the cloud like a sponge sopping up some milk.

Twitter
Today's top tweets:

benbutterworth
Why can't weather man Dan Corbett present the news? It would be chirpy, relaxing and the world would undoubtedly solve all its woes...

and

IanRobinson
The results are in. Daniel Corbett is the best TV weatherman ever!

11th June

A good day for Dan-isms today.

BBCi British Isles
Almost a day where you want to grab a packed lunch [packed-lunch gesture].

One of those mornings you start off and say, [looks up] 'hmm, very pleasant'.

This is just a weak little weather system. Think of it like a thin little piece of blue plasticine, you pull it apart [stretching gesture - see pic] and then it's really just dots [jabs at map], that's what it is.

One of those days where you might just be able to finally have a packed lunch [brolly-in-bag type gesture], you never know.

If you need some more details on the weekend weather, maybe planning a barbecue, press the red button or go online. That's the weather, for now.

16:27 BBC News
Friday;
Might be finally be one of the days where a lot of us might be able to stick a packed lunch in the bag [brolly-in-bag type gesture]. That's the weather, for now.

16:57 BBC News
Well, you might be able to dust off the old picnic basket in the next couple of days. There's some warmer and drier th-w-air, spit the words out Dan, starts to work in.

One of those mornings where you step to the outside and go, [looks up] 'cor, this is a change' instead of huddled under the umbrella [two-handed umbrella gesture].

This is how our Saturday looks and you say, 'eeurgh' [pulls face]; just hang on [two-handed point to camera for emphasis].

You might even be tempted by the picnic basket, you never know.

17:32 BBC News
In the studio;
As they lose their heating of the day and as the low moves further away and all that unstable juicy [!] air they just go vmm, [moves hands in conductor-like tandem] that's it.

Friday;
A dry day, a warmer day, and I think for a lot of us maybe even the picnic basket, you never know. That's the weather, for now.

17:58 BBC News
In the studio again:
Friday's one of the first days you might walk outside and say, [looks up] 'ooh, a lovely bright start'.

A decent day, you might even be tempted to throw [rather forceful brolly-in-bag type gesture here. Careful, Dan; you'll squash your sarnies.] a packed lunch in the bag, you never know.

18:26 BBC One and BBC News
But Saturday you'll look at it [the weather map] and say, 'ugh, gosh'. But, hang on [another two-handed point].

Warm at the weekend;
So dust off the picnic basket maybe [polishing gesture].

Watch on the iPlayer, about 26 minutes in, available for 24 hours from broadcast.

18:57 BBC News
What is this weather system is just a weak looking thing, a few splashes of blue paint on the map [flicking gesture].

19:26 BBC Four
One of those days when you might be tempted to, well, grab the picnic basket, you never know.

This weather system here, it's like pulling apart a piece of blue string, pppt, [pulling-apart gesture] that's it, it thins out.

You might be tempted to the outside with the barbecue, you never know, if you've planned accordingly.

Watch on the iPlayer, around 26 minutes in, available for 24 hours from broadcast.

8th June

Wow! Not only was the TBT correct in that Dan was on today, but he was NOT on an overnight shift. Blimey!

15:30 BBC News
No, his shift didn't start early; Peter Gibbs mentioned Dan at the start of his forecast when talking about stormy weather:
My colleague, Dan Corbett, was flying back in from the States yesterday morning, and he had to fly through one of the thunderstorms. It got a bit exciting, he tells me.

Exciting in a weather-y way, or exciting in a turbulent way, I wonder.

16:31 BBC News
Emily Maitlis: Let's check in with the weather with Dan Corbett. Your tie matches the sky, Dan. That's a bit ominous.

Dan: We try to match it up from time to time but not on purpose.

16:56 BBC News
Then we'll push him [big area of wet weather] away, off he goes, bye bye.

18:27 BBC One and BBC News
Not a day where you jump to the outside and say, 'oh boy!'.

18:56 BBC News
To Jon Sopel, who is reporting from outside the Houses of Parliament;
At least you haven't needed your umbrella out there this afternoon, I think for some of us though, that might come in handy tonight.

Some wet weather is,
Still lingering; come on, off you go [tries to push it away].

19:26 BBC Four
This next thing [weather system] he's got a bit of a bend [bends back slightly]. It's almost like taking a recliner [makes chair-like gesture with hands - see pic] and going, fmm, like that [closes hands].

Watch on the iPlayer, around 26 minutes in, available for 24 hours from broadcast.

19:32 BBC News
It's been a chilly sort of day for some of us, not the sort of day where you want to be out there in t-shirt and shorts.

22nd May

11:56 BBC News
There will be a bit of wet weather, so if you're perhaps maybe at the seaside at the weekend and you maybe get a bit of rain, don't look at me or ring up and say, 'what about the wet weather?'.

Maybe it's big plans, maybe you're heading away or something or perhaps just be in the garden, you're going to push the deckchairs out [deckchair gesture].

Notice how it's a big lump of blue and then it just goes, shhhp, shrinks.

13:28 BBC One and BBC News
Unusual lolly graphic at the start (see pic).

How about Sunday? This is the day when I think a lot of us might be pushing the barbecue out [barbecue gesture] if you are planning.

13:56 BBC News
Matthew Amroliwala: Now, one of us is here on Bank Holiday Monday; one of us is away for three weeks. As Joanna Lumley was saying yesterday, the smiles will probably give it away.

Jane Hill: [laughs] Nothing personal, nothing to do with him. See you in a few weeks.

Matthew: Now the weather, with Dan Corbett.

Dan: Make that two of us, actually. Don't worry about you, a good-looking bank holiday weekend if you are working, Matthew.

Gasp!

Then the main energy [of a weather system over Scotland] works through and it's like you squeeze the life out of it [makes squeezing gesture and sound], like that, it just sort of fizzles.

Sunday's our day, that's the day the barbecues will hopefully go into the garden [barbecue gesture].

21st May

Not quite sure what happened with the TBT today. Perhaps it hadn't been updated by the time I left for work this morning. At any rate, the only reason I knew Dan had been on today was because a little bird told me:

The weather on the Today programme is usually a very measured affair. But that all went out of the window after a shortage of forecasters meant weatherman Daniel Corbett had to sprint halfway across Television Centre to read the weather on the Today programme.

"I had to do a five or six minute walk in 40 seconds. I really sprinted," says Daniel.

"But I'd rather be there and breathy than miss it."

The people at the Today programme have kindly uploaded the clip in question.

It later got a mention on PM (but we already know Eddie Mair is a Dan-fan) with a little feature about how to talk when out of breath. Listen again, about 54 minutes in, available until 28th May.

Well, I thought his breathing was remarkably controlled. It says on his BBC bio that running is one of his hobbies, but I suspect he doesn't usually combine running with weather.

10:56 BBC News
The speckles of blue, like taking lumps of blue and going like that [flicking gesture], pfff, at the weather map.

Maybe you're going away for the bank holiday weekend, pack the kids in the back of the car [the accompanying gesture reminded me of the brolly-in-bag].

11.33 BBC News
Then they lose the heating of the day and, fmm [dropping gesture], the showers die away.

13:28 BBC One and BBC News
High pressure, almost like having a pot on the stove [see pic] and the bubbles boil up.

Our clumps of showers almost like taking lumps of paint and going, fmmm [with a rather slow flicking gesture], like that at the weather map.

The main energy with this weather system is going to ease north and as it does, think of it as a piece of blue plasticine you pull it apart, it stretches [gestures doing so], fizzles out.

Got two great screengrabs during this bit. Click on the links to see 'em:
If you are going to be outside you might want to be lapping on some sun lotion [touches hand] because the UV levels they will be high, but at lest that's probably better than standing there with umbrellas [umbrella gesture].

13:56 BBC News
Well how about a nice-looking bank holiday weekend? If you're saying, 'alright', then let's get to it.

It was forecast to be unseasonably cold in Aberdeen but it seems that no-one else has noticed, unlike last time. I'll get a screengrab at a later date.

12th May

The wind meant the trees interfered with the Sky signal from time to time, causing skipping, so I may have missed (or mis-heard) some gems. However, another great day of Dan-isms:

10:56 BBC News
Simon McCoy: It's the weather and Dan Corbett. We had the fun, it's over in terms of the sunshine?

Dan: We always have fun, Simon.

Our ridge of high pressure, it's a big old thing, like you go, pppt, stick it on the weather map [gestures doing so] and it more or less doesn't move.

Our weather system, it looks a bit mucky really, just bits and pieces being thrown at the map [flicking gesture] like lumps of blue paint.

Notice Scotland, you stay dry and bright thanks to the ridge of high pressure just trying to hang on and saying, 'no'.

11:30 BBC News
The weather system to the south:
It staggers its way in because of the ridge of high pressure to the north, it's not like a 'vmmm, here it comes', it's just sort of plodding along.

12:55 BBC News
An area of high pressure sitting across the British Isles having a bit of a shoving match with low pressure to our south. They're both having a bit of a battle, which one wants to win?

The big of high pressure, think of it like a big mountain just sitting there like a lump of concrete, doesn't want to move.

13:27 BBC One and BBC News
Sophie Raworth: Now for a look at the weather with Dan Corbett. What's with the baby clothes, though?

Dan: Well, they're certainly not mine. It's just to give you an idea of the flavour of the weather. It's one of those days if you have been out with the washing, probably an extra peg on the washing line [gestures pegging washing on the line - see pic].

Put your eyes on this lump of cloud to the south.

Perhaps over the past few mornings you've been like this [touches head] with some sunglasses.

No, I don't get that one either.

11th May

Dan was certainly on form today:

10:56 BBC News
It's one of those days where if you've had a kite sitting in the cupboard I think you'll pull it out today. Quite a breezy day across the southern parts of Britain. A good old wind and you'll probably be holding on to the hat as well [touches head].

The ridge of high pressure building down, it's almost like you pump up a bubble [pumping gesture], squeeze it down, the lines get closer together and we get the strong winds just working their way through. You'll certainly notice them as well, maybe just wandering along the clifftops towards the southern counties of England.

Even inland as well, maybe you're out in the park or something for that packed lunch, you'll certainly notice it [the wind].

11:58 BBC News
If you've been to the outside you've probably been like that [touches head] holding onto the hat.

12:56 BBC News
Something to bear in mind if you are maybe out and about, maybe walking on the clifftop through the afternoon; watch out for those strong winds.

Finally, Wednesday, fmm, here it comes, working its way in, that wet weather.

12:57 BBC Radio 4
Not sure I got this one verbatim, but it was something along the lines of:
The high pressure is still sitting across the British Isles, almost like it's got a suction cup to the back of it.

13:28 BBC One and BBC News
This one is really worth watching on the iPlayer, for the many great expressions that defy description - but be quick, it's only available until Tuesday lunchtime.

If you're to the outside it's a fine-looking day for kite-flying

Maybe you're out and about through the afternoon, holidaying perhaps.

We'll probably all be grabbing the umbrella by the time we go through the week [umbrella gesture - see pic].

13:56 BBC News
Am beginning to suspect Dan knows someone who is on holiday in Devon or Cornwall;
If you are out and about, maybe having a holiday in the South-West, or perhaps just out and about for that packed lunch, watch out for those strong winds.

Our ridge of high pressure continues to sit in place, almost like it's got a suction cup against it right there. And then notice how we get this weather system, spots of blue, the wet weather, that's trying to come in but it's just sort of flirting with the south coast.

Then Wednesday we finally sort of say to the high, 'just move a little bit' and it does.

BTW - the Sky box is working again. It miraculously fixed itself about five minutes after Dan's last broadcast yesterday.

10th May

The Sky box still isn't working properly, but I am determined to do better today than yesterday.

10:57 BBC News
If you've got a trip to the outside planned today or maybe a trip to the park, I think you're in pretty good shape, but some of us might need to grab an umbrella just in case.

All the showers, fmm, they've gone, that's it.

The Politics Show
Thanks to TTWFN reader Ian, who alerted me to Dan's forecast on The Politics Show:

Notice this chappie off to the west, he's trying to come into the game as well [pause] and he will.

By the end of the week I think it's going to be the umbrella in hand [umbrella gesture - see pic].

Thanks, Ian!

UPDATE:
Video!

6th May

10:56 BBC News
You'll certainly notice that wind, grabbing the hat [touches head] as you head to the outside. A good day for the old kite-flying into a few spots.

11:26 BBC News
Dan shows us the rainy Manchester webcam:
Should have probably wiped the window there [makes wiping gesture], sorry about that. But some of us might have the old windshield wipers going.

A fairly swift old breeze, a good day for the old kite if you're out and about.

12:56 BBC News
Much to my surprise, Dan popped up on BBC News just before 8pm. Turns out it was just a repeat of this forecast. It was also shown just before 5pm.

Today's one of those days where some of us are probably out with the umbrella [umbrella gesture] with two hands on it [two-handed umbrella gesture]. And in other spots some of us could be digging out the sunglasses [brief sunglasses gesture].

A big lump of blue, like we've gone like that [scribbling gesture] with a big blue paintbrush.

13:28 BBC One and BBC News
The energy does fizzle, like pulling a piece of blue plasticine apart [stretching gesture - see pic].

13:56 BBC News
Quite a different story for Northern Ireland; big lump of blue [scribbling gesture], like I've gone mad with a green crayon.

23rd April

10:56 BBC News
Over the next couple of days the umbrellas might be coming up [umbrella gesture].

So if you're stepping outside with the packed lunch [gestures holding one], quite pleasant.

11:27 BBC News
Our strip of blue, like a little blue piece of plasticine.

11:56 BBC News
After a report about levels of salt in shop-bought sandwiches:
Well if it is lunch, it's a packed lunch in the park.

It's fine if you're nipping to the outside, maybe it is a packed lunch [holding gesture] or maybe even a picnic.

As this low develops, just sort of winds its way in, almost sort of closing a door and sort of chhw, squeezing it somewhat [brings arms together, mirroring the predicted movement of the fronts].

12:57 BBC News
We've had some fine-looking weather for the picnic baskets over the past couple of days.

This weather front waving around like a little blue piece of plasticine.

13:28 BBC One and BBC News
After a piece about a school prank;
It's a good day for the outside, I wouldn't say for perhaps school lessons, but a decent day for a picnic at least.

Our little line of blue just more or less sitting there, like a lump of blue plasticine just hanging about.

13:56 BBC News
It's a good-looking afternoon to sit in the park.

The weather front almost isn't really moving, almost like you've sort of pushed pause on it.

21st April

11:30 BBC News
Matthew Amroliwala: Bang-on eleven-thirty and weather time - and Daniel Corbett is with us. What's it like, Dan?

Dan: Well I tell you, Matthew, I can already picture now some of those picnic baskets coming out.

12:56 BBC News
Some fine-looking weather for the outside over the next couple of days. I bet the picnic baskets will be dusted off and getting some good use as well.

Our high pressure to the south east, look at it, it just sort of sits there [waiting gesture]. You bring in our weather system [pushes it in], he tries to come in but the chap here [the high pressure] just sits there like a big lump of concrete, not really moving.

13:28 BBC One and BBC News
After a report about the new retractable roof at Wimbledon:
Sophie Raworth: Well, if the weather stays like this they're not going to need a roof are they, Daniel?

Dan: Exactly. If you were playing today you'd open the roof, it'd be a good-looking day for tennis - and for anything.

Some questionable new graphics, accompanied by;
Twenty-one today and as we go through the next couple of days, how about twenty-two tomorrow? ... And you'll say, 'that's not bad, Dan, for this time of year'; you're right [see pic].

Fine-looking weather for the most part because of our little friend [the high pressure]. Watch what happens as we're going along, almost like you put some sticky tape to the high [gestures doing so, placing it on the map with a 'pppt'], leave it there and watch this weather system try and ease in - and he's not moving.

Signs off with,
So I think picnic baskets [nod] in hand.

This one is well worth a watch, so catch it while you can on the iPlayer (it's only available until Wednesday lunchtime).

13:56 BBC News
You'll be outside in the park at twenty-one for London.

17th April

Looking very smiley tonight, although a bit green around the edges because of the screen behind him.

22:26 BBC News
We've probably all used the rain coats over the past couple of days. Put them in the cupboard for the weekend [coat-in-cupboard gesture].

Saturday;
For a lot of us it is a fine day, sort of a day you want to put the deckchairs into the garden [deckchair gesture].

A decent-looking weekend, dry for a lot of us. I think you'll be outside, you never know, could even be the trip to the park. That's the weather, for now.

22:57 BBC News
Not looking bad for the course of the weekend. Perhaps you've got the outdoor plans, taking the kids to the park, I think you'll be in fairly good shape.

It doesn't look much written down, but isn't so much what he said with this next one, but the way he said it;
A few spots, maybe to parts of Cornwall [was that a grin?] might be reasonably bright [looks up and around] as you start the day.

That weather front, he's finally getting the hint, there he goes [pushes it south], bye bye.

You can almost see some of the deckchairs going into the garden [gestures pushing out deckchair].

23:31 BBC News
The weekend weather looking good for many of us. Perhaps you're heading to the outside, it could be a trip to the park.

23:57 BBC News
If you do have the outdoor plans at least I think they will be fulfilled for the most part, a trip to the park, whatever it is, good-looking shape.

00:28 BBC News
Well, if you've been clutching the old umbrella [umbrella gesture] over the past few days I think for a lot of us you can put it aside [pushing aside gesture].

00:57 BBC News
If you do have the outdoor plans, maybe you're just sort of pottering in the garden, you should be fine.

Sunday;
A decent, dry day, deckchairs into the garden [deckchair gesture].

01:56 BBC News
We've had a weather system sitting across the southern parts of Britain for the past couple of days, I think we can finally say goodbye to him [waves] as we head through the weekend.

If you have outdoor plans I think you're in fine shape. Maybe a trip to the garden centre, pottering in the garden.

Our Sunday looks like this; our ridge of high pressure, here he comes, finally. What's left of the weather front, bye bye, off you go.

BBCi British Isles
Got plans for the outside for the day? At least you can probably take the umbrella [holding gesture - see pic] and have a good chance of leaving it at home [pushes it aside].

London at fifteen, good day for the outside, trip to the park with the kids should be fine.

You might be pushing the deckchairs into the garden for the afternoon [deckchair gesture].

BBCi World Forecasts
These are turning out to be quite low in Dan-ism potential, so I was surprised to hear 'look at this, almost like I've gone mad with a blue crayon' with accompanying scribbling gesture on the Asia forecast.

10th April

The Weather Show
Completely forgot to record The Weather Show, but turned the TV on early in readiness for Dan's 10:55 forecast; The Weather Show was on - and there was Dan, talking about snow! To say I was surprised would be an understatement.

He had his own special segment to explain weather fronts to us;
You think of two different air masses [see pic] and it's where they meet they have a battle, and the battle of the two is a weather front.

Here's the vid:

Nice to see he slipped a Dan-ism in;
For many spots it was the snow shovels in hand.

Don't ever recall hearing him do voice-over stuff quite like that before, but he's got just the right reassuring tone; you could imagine him doing one of those talking storybooks. Seriously.

Excellent stuff. More of this please, Weather Show people.

The programme is now available on the iPlayer (until 17th April).

10:55 BBC News
Maybe you're in the car taking the kids away to Grandma's or something.

That little area of blue, watch it ease its way north, almost like you pull a piece of plasticine apart pfffft [stretching gesture], like that, it fizzles out.

11:55 BBC News
Easter Sunday;
Not a bad looking day for the outside, the Easter bonnets [touches head] should be coming out I think.

12:56 BBC News
The wet-weather gear will come in handy through the first part of the holiday weekend but by the time we finish off I think the Easter bonnets will be coming out.

13:20-ish BBC One
Hmph. My regional news overran and cut off the first part of this broadcast, tuning in just in time to see the Easter egg background again and hear my favourite of the classic Dan-isms:
...in the meantime it'll still be the umbrella [umbrella gesture] and the wet-weather gear.

13:56 BBC News
I was about to complain about the lack of bunnies in today's forecasts, when:
If the Easter bunny was out today he would probably be with an umbrella like this [umbrella gesture], but the weather will be even better by the time the Easter bunny pops up and maybe the bonnets come out on Sunday.

We'll take this lump of blue and ease it north and, like a piece of blue plasticine, you pull it apart and go fffft [stretching gesture], like that.

What is left of the wet weather easing away slowly, but it's dawdling like it's dragging a cement block [gestures dawdling as if dragging a cement block].

The trailer for that BBC Four weather series came on straight after the forecast.

9th April

10:57 BBC News
The weather is starting off a bit unsettled but getting better as we head through the weekend, so the Easter bonnets might be coming out after, perhaps, an umbrella or two [umbrella gesture].

Then for Easter, not a bad-looking day; I think the old Easter bunny will be bouncing around in the sunshine.

New graphic in the picture there, showing the weather website as Dan signs off.

11:27 BBC News
Well, if you still haven't yet planned for the Easter weekend I think the old Easter bunny might have an umbrella in hand [umbrella gesture] for the first couple of days. After that he should be bouncing around with some fairly pleasant, dry weather.

13:29 BBC One and BBC News
Maybe you're packing the kids in the car, heading maybe to Grandma's.

Not sure about that Easter egg graphic...

Then for the course of Sunday, looks fine and bright, sunny spells, I think the Easter bonnets in hand.

Watch again on the BBC iPlayer, 29 minutes in, available for the next 24 hours.

13:57 BBC News
The Easter weekend will be turning drier and brighter; maybe even the Easter bonnets eventually coming out.

This little surge of blue like a blue sausage just oozing its way north.

Then we get to Easter Sunday. How about a decent-looking day? The Easter bonnets will be out.

BBCi British Isles
There'll be a few hiccups to start with but I think, overall, the Easter bonnets will be coming out for many [touches head].

Maybe you're getting in the car, taking the kids to Grandma's.

By the way, the Easter edition of The Weather Show is on the News Channel this weekend: Friday at 10:30 and 14:30; Saturday at 01:30 and 22:30, and Sunday at 15:30.