21 AUGUST 1959, Page 24

THE FORECASTER

SIR,—In your issue of August 14 Pharos states that at the end of the recorded weather forecast which he received on the telephone 'there was a brief but audible guffaw from the forecaster, as if he were tickled at the idea of anyone being so foolish as to consult him.' 1 am sorry to spoil a good story, but the voice on the record was not that of the fore- caster, who simply supplies the text of the forecast

to the 1.. 'one exchange.—Yours faithfully.

0. G. SUI'l (IN Meteorological Office, Air Ministry. Kingsway, WC2