anyone notice the weather

[trendo]

I just did a google search and found that the National Weather Service, Accuweather and the Weather Channel define the chance of rain differently. Here's the link: http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/deciphering-a-20-chance-of-rain-470/
It's an interesting, quick read.

 

[nutmeg]

Quote from trendo:

I just did a google search and found that the National Weather Service, Accuweather and the Weather Channel define the chance of rain differently. Here's the link: http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/deciphering-a-20-chance-of-rain-470/
It's an interesting, quick read.

Thanks for the link, it explains what I wanted to know and now everything is clear as mud.



just kidding. Thanks everyone else for the responses.

probability of precipitation, known as POP, the same. “Technically, the POP is the probability that a measurable amount of precipitation (at least 0.01 inch of rain or water equivalent- ((which is like cash equivalent 'cept you can't pay any bills with it))) ((water equivalent must be fog or dew) falls during a given time period at the specific rain gauge that is at the ‘official’ verification site,”

 

[r-in]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

Other than weather forecasters, politicians are the only people that can be so wrong, so often, and still keep their jobs.
Their 7 day forecasts are laughable. How's about getting it right for the next 24 hours.

Please add the phoniest of all professions, economists.

 

[CaptainObvious]

Quote from r-in:

Please add the phoniest of all professions, economists.

Now that you mention it

 

[nutmeg]

How's that economist joke go?

Three economist are lost in the woods, they look at the map and say, according to our projections we should be over there.

 

[Eight]

We had a local weather forecaster, he moved because the weather didn't agree with him....

 

[auspiv]

weather.gov puts out much better forecasts around here (denver area) than weather.com.

also helps to keep a big picture view, like satellite of the entire country - http://climate.cod.edu/flanis/reg.php?loop=1&type=ir&region=usa&numimages=24

 

[Operation Win]

Quote from nutmeg:


Same with snow, scare the crapola out of people to keep them inside.

Are you saying predictions of sunny afternoons would bring people out thus stimulating the economy?

Brilliant!

 

[BSAM]

Quote from Lucrum:

Predicting the weather is about like predicting the stock market.

Predicting the weather is much harder.

 

[nutmeg]

Quote from Operation Win:

Are you saying predictions of sunny afternoons would bring people out thus stimulating the economy?

Brilliant!

Actually, I thought that was the whole reason behind daylight savings time.