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2nd Weather Channel Goof

#1 Postby yoda » Wed Feb 11, 2004 9:04 am

I live in springfield, Va, next to Jeb....

Now i have seen some weird forecasts... but this is ridiculous!!



Printable Forecast Daytime High /
Overnight Low (°F) Precip. %


Today
Feb 11 Mostly Sunny 42°/26° 0 %
Thu
Feb 12 Snow Shower 39°/28° 50 %
Fri
Feb 13 Mostly Sunny 46°/25° 10 %
Sat
Feb 14 Partly Cloudy 48°/19° 20 %
Sun
Feb 15 Partly Cloudy / Wind 35°/14° 10 %
Mon
Feb 16 Partly Cloudy 30°/19° 20 %
Tue
Feb 17 Partly Cloudy 38°/27° 20 %
Wed
Feb 18 Rain 42°/27° 60 % :eek: :eek: :eek:
Thu
Feb 19 Scattered Snow Showers 44°/23° 50 % :eek: :eek: :eek:


I mean come on!! Rain at 42 degrees, but snow at 44 degrees? Hmmm...

:shocked!: :shocked!:

So, I say this to the TWC... :doh:
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#2 Postby wx247 » Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:36 am

You said this was only the 2nd Weather Channel goof? Try 4,000,000th. ;)
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Re: 2nd Weather Channel Goof

#3 Postby NoVaSnow » Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:06 am

Other than the fact that much of this forecast may not verify, there is nothing inherently unbelievable about such a forecast.

Rain and 42, no problem.

Snow showers with a high of 44? Also no problem. High could be 44, then a cold front arrives, it turns colder, and you have snow showers. They predict a low of 23 that day.

yoda wrote:I live in springfield, Va, next to Jeb....

Now i have seen some weird forecasts... but this is ridiculous!!



Printable Forecast Daytime High /
Overnight Low (°F) Precip. %


Today
Feb 11 Mostly Sunny 42°/26° 0 %
Thu
Feb 12 Snow Shower 39°/28° 50 %
Fri
Feb 13 Mostly Sunny 46°/25° 10 %
Sat
Feb 14 Partly Cloudy 48°/19° 20 %
Sun
Feb 15 Partly Cloudy / Wind 35°/14° 10 %
Mon
Feb 16 Partly Cloudy 30°/19° 20 %
Tue
Feb 17 Partly Cloudy 38°/27° 20 %
Wed
Feb 18 Rain 42°/27° 60 % :eek: :eek: :eek:
Thu
Feb 19 Scattered Snow Showers 44°/23° 50 % :eek: :eek: :eek:


I mean come on!! Rain at 42 degrees, but snow at 44 degrees? Hmmm...

:shocked!: :shocked!:

So, I say this to the TWC... :doh:
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#4 Postby wrkh99 » Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:30 am

You can have snow and 47

What is it so hard to believe ?
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#5 Postby njoynit » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:30 pm

it could be 42 at midnight and by 3 am be cold enough to snow
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#6 Postby wrkh99 » Wed Feb 11, 2004 2:16 pm

I have seen snow showers with temps well above 42

Pay attention to the 850 line for snow not what the temp is outside.
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#7 Postby yoda » Wed Feb 11, 2004 2:17 pm

I see... but i am just questioning how it can be 42 degrees and raining and then 44 degrees and snowing... thanks for the info guyS!
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#8 Postby Valkhorn » Wed Feb 11, 2004 2:27 pm

yoda, the same as how it can be 17 degrees and raining.

It depends on what the temps are at different levels of the atmosphere - i.e. where the precip forms.
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#9 Postby Josephine96 » Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:27 pm

Brevard County Florida last year had snow and it's temps. were around 40 with the light flurries..

They were in the 30's when the flurries began,,
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