Clacton Arts & Literary Society

The 10th presentation of the Arts and Literary Society was a remarkable insight into weather.  Bill Giles OBE, one of the best known weather men at the BBC, gave an extremely interesting and informative talk on our weather, which is, of course, a major topic of conversation in this country.   He started by showing us slides of the various cloud formations which appear regularly in our skies and explaining what they mean to our weather.   It would appear that we have more funnel clouds which are the basis of tornados than America but they are not so violent.   Then he talked about global warming and showed a video of what could happen by 2050 in the West Country.   This was quite a worrying scenario and his further descriptions of the steady increase in temperature made a very thought provoking evening.

Interspersed with the serious side of his talk, we were given various insights into how the weather is presented by BBC television and radio and the odd things which happen.   This was illustrated by a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of the weather centre, videod some 10 years ago when several well known presenters were learning the job, they do not look a day older !

The sponsors for this evening were Regent Furnishers of Holland on Sea

                                                            Audrey Owens
                                                                Press Officer