DragonRider Posted January 30, 2014 #1 Posted January 30, 2014 They still cant get close to being accurate. When I woke up this morning and logged on this is what Yahoo had for our local weather' Newnan 2°F Fair 44°F High 16°F Low Today 30°F 44°F High 16°F Low Tomorrow 45.5°F 55°F High 36°F Low Saturday 54°F 60°F High 48°F Low IT was forcasted to get down to about 16 degrees for a low, well I think they missed it. And we wonder why things get so screwed up when bad weather is forecast. Now they did get it right about how bad the storm was going to be, it was the eggheads in ATL government that screwed up their part.
etcswjoe Posted January 30, 2014 #2 Posted January 30, 2014 I belive it is because nobody actually forecast anymore it's all computer models now.
Flyinfool Posted January 30, 2014 #3 Posted January 30, 2014 I have found that they are usually doing pretty good if they can accurately tell you what the weather was yesterday or even better if they can tell you what it is right now ....... There should be laws against weather forecasters being in a office that does not at least have a window that they can look out of.
Leland Posted January 30, 2014 #4 Posted January 30, 2014 I have always said that I should have been a weatherman. If I got paid for being wrong, I would be rich by now.
Dragonslayer Posted January 31, 2014 #5 Posted January 31, 2014 DragonRider said: They still cant get close to being accurate. When I woke up this morning and logged on this is what Yahoo had for our local weather' Newnan 2°F Fair 44°F High 16°F Low Today 30°F 44°F High 16°F Low Tomorrow 45.5°F 55°F High 36°F Low Saturday 54°F 60°F High 48°F Low IT was forcasted to get down to about 16 degrees for a low, well I think they missed it. And we wonder why things get so screwed up when bad weather is forecast. Now they did get it right about how bad the storm was going to be, it was the eggheads in ATL government that screwed up their part.working for the county/state guberment and being involved to some degree with emergency preparedness, I happen to know for a fact the the weatherman has a weather dart board and the guberment has it's own weather dart board. They will only jive if both hit the same target with the same throw.
Ion Posted January 31, 2014 #6 Posted January 31, 2014 I do forecasting and budgeting for a living. Not weather but hotel's revenues. The expectation is to have a 97% accuracy 90 days out... I clearly chose the wrong industry!!!!
baylensman Posted January 31, 2014 #7 Posted January 31, 2014 watched a local "live" report about a year ago. the outside reporter was in rain coat wind blowing rain slashing down, yakking about the major storm coming ashore 1/2 mile from my house. went outside to deep purple sky calm winds and a few wispy clouds. got in my car drove to the hotel parking lot no news van.....hmm go home and a half hour later there's an update from the same reporter still there with the worsening conditions! News channel got angry phone call from me and a nasty letter, don't think it changed anything. Most live shots are green screens now anyhow my great aunt Bea always said the only people to predict weather herein Florida are Damn fools or Damn Yankees
MiCarl Posted January 31, 2014 #8 Posted January 31, 2014 DragonRider said: .....it was the eggheads in ATL government that screwed up their part. Up here where we have lots of equipment, experience using it and plenty or practice driving in the crap. It still creates a heck of a mess if it comes down hard at rush hour. You might be being a bit too hard on the eggheads, this time.
Flyinfool Posted January 31, 2014 #9 Posted January 31, 2014 I am curious if they were handing out citations for "driving to fast for conditions" or "failure to maintain control" or whatever their equivalent is? With thousands of wrecks in just Atlanta it could be a windfall for the city. Around here if you crash in bad weather you will get to make a donation to the city. Even if you just slid into the ditch with no damage to anything.
MiCarl Posted January 31, 2014 #10 Posted January 31, 2014 Flyinfool said: Around here if you crash in bad weather you will get to make a donation to the city. Even if you just slid into the ditch with no damage to anything. I hit black ice Jan 3 and totaled my truck into the concrete barrier between opposing traffic. Since it was immobile and a hazard I called the Police. That cost me $175 and 2 points for "too fast for conditions". So much for being a good citizen. If anything like that happens again I'll just call a tow company and hope the constable never hears about it.
cowpuc Posted January 31, 2014 #11 Posted January 31, 2014 MiCarl said: I hit black ice Jan 3 and totaled my truck into the concrete barrier between opposing traffic. Since it was immobile and a hazard I called the Police. That cost me $175 and 2 points for "too fast for conditions". So much for being a good citizen. If anything like that happens again I'll just call a tow company and hope the constable never hears about it. Carl, Over here on the other side of the state, the tow-ers cant touch the tow-ies unless the authori-tees are there to do that paper work thing first... Detroit may be filing bankruptcy but Muskegon aint far behind!!!
Flyinfool Posted February 1, 2014 #12 Posted February 1, 2014 cowpuc said: Carl, Over here on the other side of the state, the tow-ers cant touch the tow-ies unless the authori-tees are there to do that paper work thing first... Detroit may be filing bankruptcy but Muskegon aint far behind!!! :sign yeah that: Around here the tow truck will not touch a wreck with out the police involved. The city wants their donations.
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