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Re: (meteorobs) Weather
Yeah George, I generally ignore all forecasts by anyone. The only thing I
use the Weather channel for is for raw data. Up to date satellite photos
and radar. Except, unfortunatly after 3AM Eastern time, when they go into
"overnight mode", repeating forecasts and discussions. As a result they
stop showing satellite photos (since they would be obsolete). But usually
by then I've made my decision.
I do my own forecast for myself, and wish I could help you, but my
binoculars don't reach that far :-)
Wayne
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Original Text
>From GeoZay@aoldot com, on 5/31/96 10:29 AM:
To: <meteorobs@latradedot com>
Wayne has hit a raw nerve with me when he mentioned the Weather Channel.
It
may be good in some places, but it frustrates the heck out of me. Here, the
Weather Channel only gives you the forecast for the coastal area of San
Diego....80% of the time we have fog developing at night and it burns off
by
noon. During these foggy nights, it is often clear in the mountains...or
variable cloudiness and sometimes high winds and even a layer of clouds
above
the fog is possible...and even the dreaded Deep Marine Layer making it's
way
up the mountain slopes. But you don't know this, because the Weather
Channel
is stuck on Automatic mode for the city of San Diego. When they give their
3
day forecast and it shows partly cloudy skies, I'm not sure if that means
fog
until noon and then clear, or....partly cloudy skies. I see the same
symbols
for both conditions. If it's genuinely partly cloudy along the coast, it
will
most likely be partly cloudy in the mountains as well. But if it's just the
partly cloudy along the coast because of fog, I usually can count on clear
skies in the moutains. A definite guessing game for anywhere that's more
than
25 miles inland.
George