these weather forecast are doing my head in !!

how can they be so different-or are the BBC naturally pessimistic after Fish's hurricane gaffe?</p>

BBC</p>

<table dir="ltr" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="770" summary="This page shows the five day forecast readings for Birmingham, United Kingdom. This data is updated every three hours daily." border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="weatherday" scope="row" bgcolor="#e7f3dd" height="65">Saturday

Sunrise 05:27 (BST)
Sunset 20:39 (BST)</td><td align="center" headers="w1" bgcolor="#e7f3dd"><div onmouseover="function anonymous(){showSym('Saturday\'s predominant weather is forecast to be heavy rain.'); return false;}" onmouseout="function anonymous(){hideSym(); return false;}"></div></td><td class="weathertext" align="center" headers="w2" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><div class="tempsym"><span class="temptxt">17<abbr title="Day Temperature in degrees Celsius" />°C</abbr /></span></div></td><td class="weathertext" align="center" headers="w2" bgcolor="#99ccff"><div class="tempsym"><span class="temptxt">8<abbr title="Night Temperature in degrees Celsius" />°C</abbr /></span></div></td><td class="weathertext" align="center" headers="w3" bgcolor="#e7f3dd"><div class="windsym" onmouseover="function anonymous(){showSym('Saturday\'s wind direction and speed: Southerly Wind (6 mph).'); return false;}" onmouseout="function anonymous(){hideSym(); return false;}"><span class="windtxt"><abbr title="Miles per hour" />6</abbr /></span></div></td><td class="weathertext" align="center" headers="w4" bgcolor="#e7f3dd"> <abbr title="Visibility" />moderate</abbr /> </td><td class="weathertext" align="center" headers="w5" bgcolor="#e7f3dd"> <abbr title="Pressure in Millibars" />1020</abbr /> </td><td class="weathertext" align="center" headers="w6" bgcolor="#e7f3dd"> <abbr title="Relative humidity in percent" />50</abbr /> </td><td align="center" headers="w7" bgcolor="#e7f3dd"><div onmouseover="function anonymous(){showSym('Saturday\'s sun index risk: Moderate.'); return false;}" onmouseout="function anonymous(){hideSym(); return false;}"></div></td><td align="center" headers="w8" bgcolor="#e7f3dd"><div onmouseover="function anonymous(){showSym('Saturday\'s atmospheric pollution: Moderate.'); return false;}" onmouseout="function anonymous(){hideSym(); return false;}"></div></td></tr></tbody></table></p>

METCHECK</p>

<table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="dataTableTopRow">Sat</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffa75">9:00</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #93f562">14 °c</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #93f562">14 °c</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #3aff3f">4</td><td class="dataTableDataRow">0 mm</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #bbbbbb">87 %</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"></td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #62f5ab">4 mph</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" align="center"></td></tr><tr><td class="dataTableDataRow"></td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffa75">12:00</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #abf562">16 °c</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #9ff562">15 °c</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #68ff3a">5</td><td class="dataTableDataRow">0 mm</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ababab">91 %</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"></td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #62f587">7 mph</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" align="center"></td></tr><tr><td class="dataTableDataRow"></td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffa75">15:00</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #9ff562">15 °c</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #7af562">12 °c</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #3aff72">3</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dde6ff">0.1 mm</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">100 %</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"></td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #62f57a">8 mph</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" align="center"></td></tr><tr><td class="dataTableDataRow"></td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffa75">18:00</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #9ff562">15 °c</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #6ef562">11 °c</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #3aff72">3</td><td class="dataTableDataRow">0 mm</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999">100 %</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"></td><td class="dataTableDataRow" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #62f593">6 mph</td><td class="dataTableDataRow" align="center"></td></tr></tbody></table></p>

METOFFICE</p>

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="750" align="center" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="604" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="10"> </td><td class="pagetitle" align="left" width="598">The Midlands</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr></tbody></table>
<a name="navskip"></a><table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td align="left" width="200" bgcolor="#ccffff"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td align="center" width="200" bgcolor="#99cccc" colspan="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td><form name="form" action="post" />Map issued at: 0704 06 May 2006
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