Forecasters Around Here Must Be Asleep At Their Weather Wheels

**Beyond Smolensk** · 03-08-2013 06:25 AM

Partly sunny is partly cloudy

And partly cloudy is partly sunny...

And theres always a chance of rain...

But wtf...

When i went to sleep last night,the weather forecasters "special map" said we would get all rain...

When i woke up,the weather forecasters "special map" said we would get 1 to 3 inches of snow...

When i got to work the weather forecasters special map said we would get 4 to 6 inches of snow...

When i ate dinner the weather forecasters "special map" said we would get 6 to 10 inches of snow...

When i got home from work there was 12 inches of snow waiting for me in the driveway...

And the storms only half over...

So either the forecasters are asleep at their weather wheels...

Or all those weather satellites that you and i paid for arent really weather satellites...

**Octo** · 03-08-2013 06:30 AM

Or... You live close by water which makes weather prediction kind of tricky. Happens here all the time.

**Beyond Smolensk** · 03-08-2013 06:38 AM

(03-08-2013 06:30 AM)Octo Wrote: Or... You live close by water which makes weather prediction kind of tricky. Happens here all the time.

Your probably right and i suppose it depends on what close to the water really means,1 mile 5 miles 10 miles? i'm around 15 miles from the ocean...

But the weather forcasters around here with all their super computer weather models and all their advanced weather satellites (if thats what they really are?) are no more competent and no more accurate then they were 35 years ago when they use to tell the weather forcast with colored magic markers drawn and erased on a laminated board on the wall...

Whats up with that?

**Octo** · 03-08-2013 06:46 AM

Means their fancy schmancy technology still can't predict the weather. I bet our forefathers stepped out from their dwellings, smelled the air and said: yup, we're gonna get snow up to our kneecaps today.

**Beyond Smolensk** · 03-08-2013 06:48 AM

(03-08-2013 06:46 AM)Octo Wrote: Means their fancy schmancy technology still can't predict the weather. I bet our forefathers stepped out from their dwellings, smelled the air and said: yup, we're gonna get snow up to our kneecaps today.

The weather forecasters around here are no more competent and no more accurate then they were about 35 years ago >

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**JayRodney** · 03-08-2013 07:00 AM

They always mess it up here as well. Florida was the only place I've ever lived where they had it right, but it was by default. June to November was Hot and humid with Highs from the upper 80's to lower 90's with afternoon thunderstorms.
It does the same thing every day, why even bother to forecast the weather?

**Beyond Smolensk** · 03-08-2013 07:13 AM

(03-08-2013 07:00 AM)JayRodney Wrote: They always mess it up here as well. Florida was the only place I've ever lived where they had it right, but it was by default. June to November was Hot and humid with Highs from the upper 80's to lower 90's with afternoon thunderstorms.
It does the same thing every day, why even bother to forecast the weather?

Around here the weather forecasters will be on television saying how "theres a chance of rain today"...

Is there ever not a chance of rain?...no,not really,theres always a chance of rain anyday...

And they'll say "its partly cloudy today" and i'll say "i thought it was partly sunny today,oh,wait a minute,thats the same thing"...

I love how they always pass the buck and blame their constant weather errors on their computer models,when the forecasters are no more accurate now then when they were when they had no weather computers and no weather satellites either...

But what they do best around here is to blow things way out of proportion,turn a little insignificant storm into the blizzard of the decade!

And everyone falls for it everytime and runs out and wipes the store shelves clean,just like the greedy ceos wanted,who must have some kind of behind the scenes money deal set up with the weather forcasters,imo (*-*)

**Beyond Smolensk** · 03-08-2013 07:20 AM

Whats a little weird around here about this late season "surprise" snow storm is how its moving in the wrong direction,east to west,instead of the usual west to east, whats up with that? did the earth flip over on december 21st 2012 and the jet streams going in reverse? and is that also why so many people are saying that the moon doesnt look the same anymore? which i have also noticed...

Heres our local weather satellite animated radar map and the snow/rain storms moving the wrong way >

http://www1.whdh.com/weather/radar

**Shadow** · 03-08-2013 07:26 AM

Oh give them a break lol. They do the best they can and if you can do better, well, do it. Make your millions by accurately predicting the planet.

**Beyond Smolensk** · 03-08-2013 07:34 AM

(03-08-2013 07:26 AM)Shadow Wrote: Oh give them a break lol. They do the best they can and if you can do better, well, do it. Make your millions by accurately predicting the planet.

They need to give us around here a break,i'm not a weather forecaster,but they are and they earn around $120,000 a year after awhile and about 12 hours ago they said all rain and now theres a foot of snow in my driveway and the storms not over till tomorrow afternoon,12 hours from now...

Hmmmm? i wonder what those billions of dollars so called weather satellites really are?...Spy satellites?

How Much Money Do Meteorologists Earn? > http://www.ehow.com/facts_5231317_much-m...earn_.html

**Beyond Smolensk** · 03-08-2013 04:44 PM

I'm looking outside right now and i'm seeing about 16 inches of snow on the ground and its still snowing with full intensity and my backs in pain,again,after shoveling and snow blowing for the past 3 hours,again,so much for the rain storm that was predicted yesterday morning...

Meteorologist...Meteorschmologist...

"Quick!"..."Hurry up!"..."Run out and get your milk and bread!"..."Its the end of the world!"..."And make sure you wipe the store shelves clean,again!"..."The store managers and ceos need your fear and consumption cash,again!"..."This is the blizzard of the decade!"..."And this time we really mean it!"...

**Octo** · 03-08-2013 04:49 PM

(03-08-2013 04:44 PM)Beyond Smolensk Wrote: "And this time we really mean it!"...

**yankees** · 03-08-2013 05:15 PM

I'm going skiing. Just saying.

**JayRodney** · 03-08-2013 05:18 PM

I'm going drinking, and I'm already there

**yankees** · 03-08-2013 05:18 PM

You win. For the moment.

**JayRodney** · 03-08-2013 05:47 PM

It seems to work out that way on Fridays don't it?

**bohica** · 03-08-2013 06:25 PM

The guy giving your weather is likely in St. Louis, or Dallas. I drove to Pensacola Fl and the weather guy was the same for NYC, Norfolk, Atlanta, and Miami.
Clearchannel owned all the radio stations and used one guy, Terry Schwindenhammer, for all their weather.

**Beyond Smolensk** · 03-08-2013 09:03 PM

(03-08-2013 06:25 PM)bohica Wrote: The guy giving your weather is likely in St. Louis, or Dallas. I drove to Pensacola Fl and the weather guy was the same for NYC, Norfolk, Atlanta, and Miami.
Clearchannel owned all the radio stations and used one guy, Terry Schwindenhammer, for all their weather.

Wow,thanx,i never even thought of that possibility...

Although they should still be using a computer model and weather satellite information for the area their forecasting no matter where they are...

**Beyond Smolensk** · 03-08-2013 09:09 PM

Meteorologist..."meteor"...ologist...whats that suppose to mean? they use to forecast meteors? Well if so,they cant even do that right either,as the meteor that suddenly and unexpectedly exploded over russia and sent more than a thousand people to the hospital certainly proves...(*-*)

Hey,charlie chaplin said..."You have to laugh at everything or you'll go insane"...

Oh,by the way,now our recently forecast rain storm is up to 24 inches of heavy wet snow and its still falling hard...Wtf...

**Beyond Smolensk** · 03-08-2013 09:20 PM

But there is a light at the end of this snowy tunnel...

I got a call from my boss who said i dont have to drive to work today!

No work today and i get paid for it!

**Beyond Smolensk** · 03-09-2013 06:31 PM

Well the rain storm,i mean blizzard,is over punishing us new englanders again,the second big storm in as many weeks and the town i live in received more than most around here, about 2 feet of rain,i mean snow...

I keep thinking rain because thats what they told us we were getting...

So much for all those billions of dollar spy satellites,i mean weather satellites,that you and i were forced to pay for with our legally extorted taxes...

It took me about an hour to shovel our front walkway,the fourth time i shoveled it and each shovel full weighed about thirty pounds...

Gotta clear the way no matter how much it hurts and make sure the mail delivery is still able to bring more of those neverending damned bills to the house...