The Weather Channel has pissed me off all summer.. Look at the 10 Day forecast and the following week always shows a cool down. Then the next week gets here and it's as hot as ever.
Last weekend the forecast for this Saturday was 81 degrees. Two days ago it bumped to 84. Yesterday it went to 87. Now it's 90.
Come Saturday it'll be the usual 94 degrees with a few clouds.
Been that way all summer.
Got cleared to post.... not sure where the old email confirmation kept getting lost.
Couple of things. Forecasts on these web sites, apps, and long-range forecasts are almost always straight computer model data without any human intervention. Therefore, the forecasts will swing wildly from one model run to the next. Very unreliable, and a case where accuracy gained from a human meteorologist has been sacrificed for the ability to mass-produce these forecasts for any given zip code.
Tell me this: How the 17 do you say there's 100% percent chance of rain and then change it a not too long afterwards? Do these 17s not know what 100% percent chance means? I'd like to kick every weatherman in America in the dick. Skydawgs, I know you're reading this. I want to kick both of you in the dick.
Hahahaha.... I probably do need a quick kick to the nether regions. However, again, most of these percentages are model-driven. Also, there's a reason I don't use percentages in my public forecast. I find describing what will actually happen to be a much better practice.
-Matt East
