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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 04:30 PM
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Meteorologists deserve 1/20th of their current pay.
All that talk of severe thunderstorms today; an hour ago the forecast was changed to 'mostly cloudy' with all the rain scheduled for tomorrow.

I'd love a job where I could wear a suit, lie every day, get well paid, and have no consequences from it. Meteorology, here I come!
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 05:03 PM
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1. You should be President.
Then you'd get to wear a suit, lie every day, get well paid, and have no consequences.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 05:32 PM
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2. I used to watch the anti-meteorologist
Some weatherman in Atlanta who was consistently wrong 95% of the time. If he said it would be sunny and fair, I took an unbrella. He seldom disappointed me.
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 05:42 PM
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3. In all fairness to the weather dudes,
their job is harder today than it's ever been before.

Look at all the messed up weather patterns we have
all around the world, now.

They have predicted drought for SoCal, and that we have!
In fact the entire area is one huge tinder box.

I've always been interested in weather and Meteorology,
but I wouldn't want that job now.

Our weather is way too messed up!

No global warming, huh?

:sarcasm:
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 06:53 PM
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4. Yes it is, the models changes quickly
Of course I am not sure which source and how long ago you heard about storms today. My interpretation of the models (NAM and GFSx) have shown that Monday was the storm day consistently the past few days. Convective season can be difficult to forecast as many features/shortwaves do not come clear until 24-48hrs out.
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 07:07 PM
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7. Wow- you are way ahead of me.

I'm using NOAA,

http://www.noaa.gov/

and the Weather Channel

http://www.weather.com/maps/news/forecastsummary/uscurrentweather_large.html

do you have links to the models
you use?

Thanks.

:hi:
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 07:08 PM
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8. Try these
http://weather.unisys.com/nam

http://weather.unisys.com/gfsx
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 07:13 PM
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10. Thanks!

These are great.

:hi:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 06:55 PM
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5. It's an inexact science, and will always be so. Give them a break.
Redstone
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 06:57 PM
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6. But do the people who stand in front of a camera do it?
My local PBS station (ch. 17) has radar weather over the weekend. That has all the current conditions and 22-12-36 hr forecasts as well. The mannequins who stand in front of a camera get their info from the natl. weather service.

I maintain, it's a well paid job where they can lie and get away with it. :D
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 07:12 PM
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9. Some do, some don't
You can have weathercasters who are just pretty faces (e.g. Pat Evans KARE 11), but also those who have been at it for years (Paul Douglas WCCO, Dave Dahl KSTP, and Belinda Jensen KARE).
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 07:15 PM
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12. We all have a function within this society.
Redstone
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 07:14 PM
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11. I should've majored in that in college.
Edited on Sun May-13-07 07:14 PM by Fox Mulder
:wtf: was I thinking when I chose to major in geology???
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 07:18 PM
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13. up yours
Edited on Sun May-13-07 07:29 PM by Skittles
my dad was a meteorologist, and a damn good one.....it was a very stressful job....you try alternating EVERY shift weekly, or try tracking a tornado and setting off alarms that terrify entire towns...and I never once saw him wear a suit to work
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 01:17 AM
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16. I'm thankful for
guys like your dad! I would hate to live in tornado alley without them.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 04:54 AM
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18. thank you
it is not easy work, going up against Mother Nature :)
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sbj405 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 05:50 AM
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19. Amen, Skittles. I'm a meteorologist.
People have no fucking clue what it's about.

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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-13-07 07:24 PM
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14. Our meteorologist are 97% right around here.
Sure, sure say what you want about predicting rain in Seattle is pretty much a slam dunk. It's the winds that make their business tricky. Very important for the shipping industry. Very important to homes and businesses along Western Washington's many rivers.

Wind patterns = Tricky business.
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mduffy31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 01:10 AM
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15. Here in Duluth/Superior
They were singing the same song.................well no storms at all.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 03:26 AM
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17. You think they are bad there...you should see them out here
In a land where the weather does not vary by much, they sure seem to have an exceedingly high error rate.

:grr:
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Eagle_Eye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 05:52 AM
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20. Just like seasonal hurricane forecasting
The 2006 season will be unprecedented in the strength and frequency of major hurricanes -- OOPS
Let us try again, the 2007 season will be unprecedented in the strength and frequency of major ...
If they just stay on the same forecast long enough, they will get it right.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 11:44 AM
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21. You could be a
LAWYER


they do that too...
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 11:52 AM
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22. I don't like the change to "panic" forecasts over the last 10-15 years
it seems that everything more than a few snow flurries or a drizzle of rain is labeled something akin to Armageddon - "Death Storm 2007" or "Storm of the Century"

Heck, with the late snow this year, I even remember when we got some flurries, a local weather forecaster exclaiming - in fearful terms - that the snow could obscure the passing lanes on the highway and that we shouldn't panic if we couldn't see the lanes on the highway, but that we should be extra careful.

I don't even remember the term "Nor'easter" until recent years, either. And, I've lived in the Northeast my whole life.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 12:02 PM
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23. Exactly. The industry has changed a lot over the years.
And these days it's all "style" and "drama". It's all a show.

I know it used to be different, but I am not talking about the past.
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