{"id":47606,"date":"2021-02-04T08:33:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T12:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47606"},"modified":"2021-02-04T08:33:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T12:33:13","slug":"video-how-the-uk-shipping-forecast-is-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/video-how-the-uk-shipping-forecast-is-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: How the UK shipping forecast is made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Met-Office-Shipping-Forecast-e1503570469366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27701\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Met-Office-Shipping-Forecast-e1503570469366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, David (G4EDR), who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I know that you and many of your readers of the SWLing Post (myself included) have a fascination with the <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/shipping-forecast\/\">UK Shipping Forecast<\/a> so thought you may be interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bcf7o6AQ_tI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this YouTube video<\/a> showing how the Met Office prepare the forecast for broadcasting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bcf7o6AQ_tI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, David! Yes, indeed, I love the shipping forecast. I must admit that I&#8217;m pleased (and not terribly surprised) to see that forecasts are not based purely on computer models, but on the expertise of experienced meteorologists.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for sharing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David (G4EDR), who writes: I know that you and many of your readers of the SWLing Post (myself included) have a fascination with the UK Shipping Forecast so thought you may be interested in this YouTube video showing how the Met Office prepare the forecast for broadcasting. Thank you, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3],"tags":[2964,5923,2734],"class_list":["post-47606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-bbc-radio-4-shipping-forecast","tag-dave-g4edr","tag-shipping-forecast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cnQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24014,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/the-shipping-forecast-read-by-perkins-and-fry\/","url_meta":{"origin":47606,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;The Shipping Forecast&#8221; read by Perkins and Fry","author":"Thomas","date":"February 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0David (G4EDR), who writes: Hi Thomas I know a number of readers to the SWLing Post like to hear the UK Shipping Forecast read on the BBC. It is always transmitted by an announcer with impeccable clarity and authority. 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