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DONEGAL’S FAMOUS WEATHERMAN PREDICTS SNOW BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

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    #242
    kingshankly
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    Joe Public wrote: »
    That's a bit harsh and personal, nobody has a high success rate on long range forecasting. He uses traditional methods that were commonplace before science stepped in. It's not as if he is making stuff up and until someone can discover how to do long range forecasts or foretell the future then all bets are on.

    I have nothing against forecasters getting it wrong but he stated 99% chance of plenty of snow before Xmas so in other words there was a 1 in a 100 chance of us not getting snow


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    #243
    DOCARCH
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    Only 3 hours to go now.....will it?.....won't it? :p


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    #244
    Patty O Furniture
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    Oh the weather outside is...


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    #245
    Sponge Bob
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    Thats it so. Michael Gallagher is history. :)


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    #246
    Lando Griffin
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    /Thread.


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    #247
    Calibos
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    Don't blame Michael, blame those slimy lying little amphibian barstewards. Also I knew never to trust those thieving Magpies but I'll never trust a crow or a tit again!


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    #248
    Joe Public
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    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    Thats it so. Michael Gallagher is history. :)

    A legend:)


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    #249
    amdgilmore
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    On my way to his house now to demand an apology.


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    #250
    NIMAN
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    If me or you guessed we would be right sometimes.


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    #251
    An Ri rua
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    talkabout wrote: »
    Pangea wrote: »
    Doubt it, His track record is impressive.


    To be honest its average at best, taking a punt and saying it will snow before Xmas is not much of a prediction. I'll state that it will snow next years in Donegal before Xmas. I reckon i have a 75/25% chance of being right. I'm not knocking the guy but i think he is a novelty and the media make the most of this and people only remember the bits of his forecast that he gets right.

    Untrue. I bet on occasion on winter weather so I pay close attention to when Michael gallagher or exactaweather are right or wrong. I am quite sure anyone who takes such forecasts onboard earnestly (outdoors, farmers etc) are just as aware of where the forecasts are wrong as where they are right. I take the point about the media running with novelties, but I think accusations of selective memory are disparaging and are just as easily levelled at those not keen on such long-range forecasters' non-empirical (non-conventional at least) approaches.


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    #252
    Fiskar
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    Mods, should this thread not be "Expired" now to focus on the weather to come rather than deal with the past!


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