The Winter Storm Juno thread

[phan52]

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Originally Posted by phan52

I can't imagine how much this hoax has cost the economy in the mid-Atlantic region.

Originally Posted by Shorty

Buy a dictionary.

Imagine how much you'd be squealing if they underestimated it.

They never underestimate it. It is all about them being at the top of the news cycle.

[billchao]

They never underestimate it. It is all about them being at the top of the news cycle.

That doesn't make sense, either. Why would all the major weather forecasters predict a larger storm than expected just to make sensational news stories? Chicken Little would not make for a good weather girl. The storm was exactly as strong as they predicted. It's path just ended up farther east than expected. Nobody in Boston is saying the storm was a dud.

[jamo]

They never underestimate it. It is all about them being at the top of the news cycle.

From what I understand, they overestimate snowfall by design. Same reason that it fails to rain 30% of the time when meteorologists give a 100% chance of rain.

[Missouri Swede]

That doesn't make sense, either. Why would all the major weather forecasters predict a larger storm than expected just to make sensational news stories? Chicken Little would not make for a good weather girl.

The storm was exactly as strong as they predicted. It's path just ended up farther east than expected. Nobody in Boston is saying the storm was a dud.

From what I understand, they overestimate snowfall by design. Same reason that it fails to rain 30% of the time when meteorologists give a 100% chance of rain.

Yeah, but sometimes they overdo the hype.  The Weather Channel said this was going into the "hall of fame" and that it was "a historic storm" (before it happened).

Good to be prepared for the worst, but sometimes the drama gets overdone.

[Golfingdad]

Yeah, but sometimes they overdo the hype.  The Weather Channel said this was going into the "hall of fame" and that it was "a historic storm" (before it happened).

Good to be prepared for the worst, but sometimes the drama gets overdone.

Those are two different things.  The meteorologists who are forecasting aren't the same people who are creating the TV graphics and the headlines.  And people who are making the important decisions are going off of the forecasts, not the hype.  (Well, I sure hope so)

"Sheila, the forecast seems mild, and I'm inclined to keep the trains running tomorrow, however, Jim Cantore just said the word 'snowpocalypse' so I think that should over-ride the scientists.  Lets shut it down."

[jamo]

Those are two different things.  The meteorologists who are forecasting aren't the same people who are creating the TV graphics and the headlines.  And people who are making the important decisions are going off of the forecasts, not the hype.  (Well, I sure hope so) "Sheila, the forecast seems mild, and I'm inclined to keep the trains running tomorrow, however, Jim Cantore just said the word 'snowpocalypse' so I think that should over-ride the scientists.  Lets shut it down."

There's even a third category of people: the NWS people who run the models and collect/generate the data that the meteorologists base their forecasts off. They're even farther removed from the headlines and closer to the decision makers.

[Ernest Jones]

[colin007]

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