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Fitzroy and Biscay
I am sure I have heard a Shipping Forecast in which Fitzroy came directly after Biscay, not being separated by Trafalgar as this article implies it should.
Vorbee (
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17:59, 11 February 2018 (UTC)reply
When I used to go sailing in Brittany and Ireland, Trafalgar was named only in the middle of the night, and most times it was …Biscay, Finisterre (as it was named then), Sole… and according to the last paragraph of
that section, it is still the case: «However, a forecast for Trafalgar is provided only in the 0048 forecast […].»
Other countries' shipping forecasts
On the Simon Mayo show today on Radio 2 a Met Office spokesman said that many other countries have a shipping forecast. The UK's version that is the subject of this article was the first and perhaps the most famous. But is it too UK-centric to make no reference to the others? Should the article start something like: "A shipping forecast is a [insert explanation]. The first and most famous is the one used in the UK [insert cite] but they exist in many other countries throughout the world [insert cite]."
Peteinterpol (
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17:34, 7 March 2018 (UTC)reply
France used to have les prévisions par zones or colloquially la météo marine on France-Inter to which anyone could listen in long wave (1829 m wavelength). It covered more or less the same zones as the BBC shipping forecast, but it has been discontinued on France-Inter (which is not broadcast in long wave anymore) and nowadays, if it is broadcast, it is only on a channel to which only marine radios can tune. —
Tonymec (
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21:02, 13 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Does anyone have a list of the shipping forecast areas in 1952, please? I've tried to work it out by looking at merges, additions and renaming but not sure if I'm right! Thanks very much!
Locoimloco (
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15:22, 5 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Fourth forecast reinstated
It appears from the Radio 4 schedules that the BBC has gone back to broadcasting four forecasts a day today. The early morning one is still at 0533 (rather than the old time of 0520) but the midday one has reverted to 1201 on long wave only, and the early evening one at 1754 on long wave only has returned.
GDBarry (
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13:31, 6 July 2020 (UTC)reply
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Fitzroy and Biscay
I am sure I have heard a Shipping Forecast in which Fitzroy came directly after Biscay, not being separated by Trafalgar as this article implies it should.
Vorbee (
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17:59, 11 February 2018 (UTC)reply
When I used to go sailing in Brittany and Ireland, Trafalgar was named only in the middle of the night, and most times it was …Biscay, Finisterre (as it was named then), Sole… and according to the last paragraph of
that section, it is still the case: «However, a forecast for Trafalgar is provided only in the 0048 forecast […].»
Other countries' shipping forecasts
On the Simon Mayo show today on Radio 2 a Met Office spokesman said that many other countries have a shipping forecast. The UK's version that is the subject of this article was the first and perhaps the most famous. But is it too UK-centric to make no reference to the others? Should the article start something like: "A shipping forecast is a [insert explanation]. The first and most famous is the one used in the UK [insert cite] but they exist in many other countries throughout the world [insert cite]."
Peteinterpol (
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17:34, 7 March 2018 (UTC)reply
France used to have les prévisions par zones or colloquially la météo marine on France-Inter to which anyone could listen in long wave (1829 m wavelength). It covered more or less the same zones as the BBC shipping forecast, but it has been discontinued on France-Inter (which is not broadcast in long wave anymore) and nowadays, if it is broadcast, it is only on a channel to which only marine radios can tune. —
Tonymec (
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21:02, 13 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Does anyone have a list of the shipping forecast areas in 1952, please? I've tried to work it out by looking at merges, additions and renaming but not sure if I'm right! Thanks very much!
Locoimloco (
talk)
15:22, 5 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Fourth forecast reinstated
It appears from the Radio 4 schedules that the BBC has gone back to broadcasting four forecasts a day today. The early morning one is still at 0533 (rather than the old time of 0520) but the midday one has reverted to 1201 on long wave only, and the early evening one at 1754 on long wave only has returned.
GDBarry (
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13:31, 6 July 2020 (UTC)reply