Forecasts should be taken with a pinch of salt

Last year you gave us the benefit of Mr Ken Ring’s dire outlook for the coming winter — lots of snow, temperatures plummeting to 10 degrees etc — none of which materialised.

This year it’s the turn of the latest long-range weather ‘expert’, Mr James Madden of the scientific-sounding ‘Eaxacta Forecasting’ (Irish Examiner October 30, 2014).

The style and content is all too similiar to that of Mr Ring.