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Weather forecasters - are they just damp astrologers?

Mr Benevolent · 2009-02-19 17:11:24

I'm beginning to come the conclusion that weather forecasters (meteorologists, whatever you want to call them) are almost as clueless about the weather as the clouds themselves - until about 12 hours beforehand, when they all slap each other on the back and say 'Ah! I told you so!' They're oddly similar to politicians -…

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19-02-2009 6:11pm

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Mr Benevolent

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I'm beginning to come the conclusion that weather forecasters (meteorologists, whatever you want to call them) are almost as clueless about the weather as the clouds themselves - until about 12 hours beforehand, when they all slap each other on the back and say 'Ah! I told you so!'

They're oddly similar to politicians - they promise the world and we end up with nothing. There's endless debates about what should happen, but 90% of the time nothing does. 99.9999999% of it is computer guesswork and the rest is blind luck.

Anyone agree?

Yes, this thread is meteorological heresy, but so what?

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