Met Office model wrong again shock

Met Office projections had shown that almost all of Britain was due to be covered by a dense cloud of volcanic ash tomorrow.(Fri) But just as airports and airlines started drawing up contingency plans for the worst disruption since December’s arctic snap, updated forecasts indicated that the ash cloud would be far thinner than first thought.

So we need more data gathering.

The Government also moved to answer criticism from airlines over its failure to procure an aircraft capable of inspecting the ash at close quarters.

It borrowed planes from Ireland and Germany to examine the ash, with the latter aircraft being made available until Britain’s own dedicated plane enters service late next month.

British Airways and Easyjet provided data. The Met Office seem to be the weakest link. Again.