For the past three days the weather channel has been forecasting that we'll get massive storms coming our way. I'm beginning to suspect their forecasts: this year has been particularly full of dire warnings (a couple of months ago they threatened 8-10 inches of snow, and we got a dusting) which have failed to come to pass.
I don't mind the fact that we haven't had the side effects of the storm system: the tornadoes have been bad in other states, and I definitely don't miss having them here.
I understand the difficulties of weather forecasting, the inherent instability of the systems they need to predict. But surely a forecast of "100% chance of rain" three days running should come through at least once? Perhaps the percentages could be downgraded to 90% instead? After all, a three day dry spell would only be a one in a thousand longshot!
Yours, probably bemused,
N.
I don't mind the fact that we haven't had the side effects of the storm system: the tornadoes have been bad in other states, and I definitely don't miss having them here.
I understand the difficulties of weather forecasting, the inherent instability of the systems they need to predict. But surely a forecast of "100% chance of rain" three days running should come through at least once? Perhaps the percentages could be downgraded to 90% instead? After all, a three day dry spell would only be a one in a thousand longshot!
Yours, probably bemused,
N.
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