A FRUSTRATED campsite boss told how wrong or misleading weather forecasts are costing him a fortune. Andrew Donaldson revealed guests tend to cancel at the last minute when the Beeb predicts rain. 3 Campsite boss Andrew Donaldson sees guests cancelling when rain is forecast Credit: SUPPLIED 3 Andrew believes campers are put off by rain but feels the prediction can be misleading Credit: SUPPLIED 3 Andrew has run Comrie Croft in Perthshire for the past 21 years But he’s fed up because that could be a brief shower at 6pm.
And he feels that is not reflected in the weather summary or headline for the day. Andrew said: “It really does affect us. “If the weather forecast for the weekend is negative then the cancellations will start coming in.
Sometimes as late as the day before. “Over the course of the whole season we are talking tens of thousands of pounds in lost business. It is significant.
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And he thinks that most of the time the real weather is bei.