Thunderstorm Lingo Translation

[kapica3]

Huh???

Even though my trip is over a month away....I was checking the weather report on weather.com and intellicast for Orlando, (for no other reason than I am totally obsessed and this is a disease) anyhow.......I saw the terms:

Scatterred Thunderstorms
Isolated Thunderstorms

also..

chance of a thunderstorm
a few thunderstorms possible


Does anyone have the "key" to unlock the mystery of "What's the difference between them all?"

 

[eclectics]

Huh???

Even though my trip is over a month away....I was checking the weather report on weather.com and intellicast for Orlando, (for no other reason than I am totally obsessed and this is a disease) anyhow.......I saw the terms:

Scatterred Thunderstorms
Isolated Thunderstorms

also..

chance of a thunderstorm
a few thunderstorms possible


Does anyone have the "key" to unlock the mystery of "What's the difference between them all?"

I'll bite:

Scattered- Quite a few storms but scattered across a large area.
Isolated- Not as many as Scattered but could strike anywhere in the large area.
Chance- could possibly be one.
A Few-same as above only more than one and certainly not a sure thing.

 

[eeyoreiscool]

For scattered and isolated it was explained this way. If you take a handful of beans and throw them, you will have a scatter effect. If you take them out one at a time and place them somewhere you will have isolated area. So when it is raining in different parts all over central Florida, it would be scattered. If it is raining only in Orlando and nowhere else, it would be isolated.

 

[Pop Daddy]

dont worry about it, it means sunshine

 

[kapica3]

Thanks guys! (I think I'll stick with the last one though, I seem to like it best )