Do you trust (or believe) the weather forecasts?

[Chubroach]

Ever noticed that the attention given to the weather and the forecast continues to increase on the TV news. The new thing is the 10 day weather forecast. People can plan their activities 10 days out with these 10 day forecasts. Or can they?

Just for something to do, I watch the ten day weather forecasts and then keep track of the actual weather (temps and sky conditions). Almost without exception, the WEATHERMAN is way off in his forecast anything more than three days away. After my hobby of following the weather forecasts against real conditions for over a year, I have stopped listening to the weather forecast. It is usually wrong.

How about you, do you follow and believe the weather forecast?

 

[browneyes]

No. I'll look at the forecast for an upcoming trip, but I know it'll be atleast 80% wrong.

 

[amid chaos]

It can be hard to forecast for the cape...we stick out into the ocean, but theya re always pretty close.

 

[Pop Daddy]

I look at it but dont trust it

 

[CBRorBust]

In Texas? Trust the weatherman?

Yeah....right.

 

[pumba]

us flurries and we got 36 inches of snow over two days.........yah they are like doctors......practicing ...all the time......

 

[Dan Murphy]

I find the accuracy of their forecasts much improved and highly accurate in recent years. BTW, is this Bruce or Mary?

 

[caitycaity]

they seem to be fairly accurate around here.

 

[BedKnobbery2]

Originally posted by Dan Murphy
I find the accuracy of their forecasts much improved and highly accurate in recent years. BTW, is this Bruce or Mary?

Dan, I love ya. I've missed your Bruce/Mary query on other CR threads. Thanks for askin', I'm always wondering, too.

 

[wdwnutze]

It's the only job in the world that you can be wrong most of the time and get paid big bucks!

 

[kpgclark]

Several years ago I had a scientist who worked for me. He did a study of what the weatherperson predicted for the next day's weather vs a guess that the next day's weather would be the same as the day before. The weather forecasters lost.

 

[Jenn Lynn]

Originally posted by wdwnutze
It's the only job in the world that you can be wrong most of the time and get paid big bucks!

They don't get paid "big bucks."

Do you guys watch your local news or listen to NOAA?

 

[Rajah]

Seems to be pretty close around here. Close enough to say that if the weatherman predicts heavy rain for the weekend, we don't make big plans for the weekend until a few days out, whereas if it says great weather we go ahead and make plans.

 

[Octoberbride03]

Around here. The weather forecasts are horrible. Half the time you can't get the local tv stations to agree with each other and the weather channel comes up with something completely different. Its a toss-up as to who's right.
We have only 1 station that does a 10 day forecast. God knows why, because every 3-4 days they wind up changing the next 6-7 days coming up afterward. I wanna bring down Dave Roberts from Philly . I so miss him. He still does just regular 5 day forecasts and generally gets it right. He's not a meteorologist, just weather person who usues Accuweather system. And i wish some station down here would use it. Cause I think Accuweather is the closest.

 

[Doug123]

I rarely listen to the weather, due to the fact that they're usually wrong. I'm not even sure why they give ten-day forecasts, unless it's an attempt to boost ratings ("Watch us, we know the weather ten days out!").

I like NPR, that just gives the weather report for the day of and the next day.

 

[Manda1219]

I believe it on occassion...
For example, the forecast 2 days ago called for:
Sun, with clouds, fog, rain, sleet, snow, warm and cold...(not worded that way exactly, but that's the jist of it)....
Well, I was wondering how it could do all of that in one day....
IT DID.