Meteorologist Darren Bett delivering the forecast during the BBC News at Ten
By Christy Cooney
BBC News
A technical glitch which meant BBC Weather app and website users were told to brace for chilly winter weather has now been fixed.
A problem at a third party supplier resulted in BBC platforms forecasting 7C temperatures for next week.
The data issue also meant TV weather forecasts displayed incorrect information on Thursday night.
BBC Weather apologised for the disruption, which was fixed on Friday afternoon.
The somewhat surprising “forecast” came amid a spell of warm weather that has seen daytime temperatures consistently above 20C in recent weeks.
While BBC Weather experts already expected conditions to cool off across the country, it will be far more pleasant than the BBC app might have led you to believe this morning.
Before the error was resolved, BBC Weather presenter and meteorologist Simon King said: “While the data for Friday and Saturday has now been fixed and up to date, beyond that the technical glitch is still showing temperatures of 7C or 8C.
“Don’t worry, we’re not going back to winter. Temperatures in fact will be around the average for the time of year – around 16C to 23C – north to south across the UK.
But he did predict some of the affected days next week will see heavy rain and strengthening winds at times.
The issue drew reaction from dozens of social media users.
Eugene Gaughan tweeted: “The BBC weather app has gone back to February.”
“I hope the BBC weather app is just broken and this isn’t tomorrow’s weather!” another Twitter user, Bill Badger, tweeted.
Charlotte Foster said simply: “The BBC weather app is drunk.”
