Today's "Happy" is inaccurate weather forecasting. Again, it is a popular gripe, often a belabored "I wish I got paid to be right 40% of the time" kind of thing. I'm not having any of it. Let's look at how the forecasts are wrong. Today, the forecast was sunny and mid 80's. Not a bad thing to look forward to, but as I am in fall mode, mid 70's with some high clouds sounds a lot better. And that's exactly what we got. Today was the first day in many many months that I was able to mow the front and back yards without breaking into a sweat. It wasn't humid, and the sun only popped out occasionally.
How often is the forecast wrong? Probably most of the time. But I'd say they tend to err on the bad side of a forecast. Expect rain, maybe get none... unless you're a farmer, that would be probably be a decent wrong forecast. Rarely do they suggest no chance of rain and we get some. I think they normally leave us well prepared for the worst. And remember, it is in a lot of ways a young science which has been advanced by satellites and storm chasers over the last decade or so. If we compare the weather segment to the other portions of a newscast... news and sports... the meteorologist could just report the current conditions and what has happened over the past few days. How hard is that? We certainly can't find any fault in the other portions of the newscast... right? Riiiiiiight. I think they do a good job. Getting frustrated with them is like getting upset at the sure thing betting gurus who let you down 49% of the time.
More often than not, the weatherman is best part of the show... I give you George Elliott who is no longer at our local station, but remains a legend.
More George!
The icing on the cake was that at the end of of every broadcast, George gave the peace sign to the camera. Good stuff! Yeah, weatherman.
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