The numbers were in line with forecasts from last month.

The weather service had been right on the nose with its forecast.

Sales for the first quarter are expected to rise about 20 percent, in line with the company's previous forecast, the company said.

The figure was in line with forecasts by independent economists.

And the results were in line with forecasts Yahoo had made three months earlier.

Those estimates are roughly in line with most forecasts for the next year or two.

The company said the results were in line with previously lowered forecasts.

From then on, the Bureau would also be charged with forecasts for the government budget.

That was broadly in line with analysts' average forecast of £159m.

The model runs once each hour, with forecasts given hourly out to 18 hours.