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Weather Forecasting Errors

#1 Postby HurricaneStriker » Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:37 pm

Ever seen a weather map gone wrong, a weatherman messing and mixing his/her lines? If you've seen or been in some weather gone wrong, post here!! :cheesy: :ggreen:

Here are some of my instances:

1. One weather map from my local news station said Austin, TX was going to be 279F, and all surrounding cities had temperatures 200F+

2. National maps from the NOAA stated Tropical Storm Alex (Later hurricane) was a hurricane, meaning they ignored their own analysis on Alex and went forward and upgraded Alex on the national maps.

3. The Weather Channel's 3-day forecast bar that was supposed to be on the bottom of the screen was in the middle, effectively covering Stephanie Abrams and Mike Bettes.
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Re: Weather Forecasting Errors

#2 Postby Category 5 » Fri Jul 09, 2010 7:44 am

According to TWC it was 32 at Philly international in the middle of August a few years ago.
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#3 Postby Chacor » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:27 pm

Maybe they meant 32°C, lol.
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Re: Weather Forecasting Errors

#4 Postby O Town » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:43 pm

Okay I know this isn't probably what was being asked by the original poster but when I read the
post for some reason THIS came to mind............. :lol:


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjY5PM3hs_Q[/youtube]

Wish I could remember the system in question, someone remind me...
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#5 Postby wx247 » Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:19 pm

I think it was named "Hurricane O.M.G."!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Weather Forecasting Errors

#6 Postby TYNI » Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:27 am

LMAO... he needs to suck it up and use his shoe...
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Re: Weather Forecasting Errors

#7 Postby Category 5 » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:47 am

O Town wrote:Okay I know this isn't probably what was being asked by the original poster but when I read the
post for some reason THIS came to mind............. :lol:


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjY5PM3hs_Q[/youtube]

Wish I could remember the system in question, someone remind me...


That would be Ernesto in 2006.
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