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NFT: Worst ever weather prediction ever

mavric : 10/27/2016 2:50 pm
It came out of the Syracuse Post Standard a couple of days ago. It said that "unlike 'el Nino' we had last year, this year we will get what is called a 'la Nino'. What that means is that the temperature might be warmer than average or it could mean cooler than average. As far as snow goes, we could get more snow than average or less snow than average". I shook my head and said, "WTF???"

I couldn't believe that some weatherman actually said that or that the paper actually printed it. It's like a joke on SNL Weekend Update or something. The information was so useless that it was literally a waste of time to read. Almost as stupid as when the weathermen say there's a 50% chance of rain (translation, it's just as apt to rain as not...duhhh)
lWhen I grow up  
louluigi : 10/27/2016 3:22 pm : link
Couldn't agree more with Mavric

I've been joking for years that I want to be a weatherman when I grow up ...
What other occupation would tolerate someone being wrong 50% of the time ??
And yet we continue to tune in to the weather portion of the news  
Giants61 : 10/27/2016 3:41 pm : link
with bated breath. Way to go out on a limb Syracuse Post Standard
RE: lWhen I grow up  
Miami_JintsFan : 10/27/2016 4:10 pm : link
In comment 13193497 louluigi said:
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Couldn't agree more with Mavric

I've been joking for years that I want to be a weatherman when I grow up ...
What other occupation would tolerate someone being wrong 50% of the time ??


GM of the NY Giants?
el Nino  
section125 : 10/27/2016 4:15 pm : link
or la Nina.
This Thread  
Trainmaster : 10/27/2016 4:15 pm : link
immediately brought George Carlin to mind:

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Al Sleet, the Hippie-Dippie Weatherman — "Tonight's forecast: Dark. Continued mostly dark tonight, changing to widely scattered light towards morning."


George Carlin - Hippy Dippy Weatherman (YouTube) - ( New Window )
Weather predicted  
Metnut : 10/27/2016 4:22 pm : link
rain today. It starting raining after I left for work. I brought an umbrella. Glad I checked the weather.
Tonight's low, fifty.  
Mark C : 10/27/2016 4:24 pm : link
Tomorrow's high, whenever I get up... Waahhhhh!

Loved that Hippy Dippy Weatherman.
You have to be fluent to get it.  
jcn56 : 10/27/2016 4:29 pm : link
El Nino is Spanish for 'The Nino'.
Little known fact.  
Beezer : 10/27/2016 4:54 pm : link

El Nino is named after Nino Espinosa.

You can look it up.
we have to run to the hardware store for salt and shovels  
gtt350 : 10/27/2016 5:22 pm : link
also got to get milk, bread and eggs in case we're snowed in.
oh just flurries sorry
RE: RE: lWhen I grow up  
UberAlias : 10/27/2016 5:46 pm : link
In comment 13193558 Miami_JintsFan said:
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In comment 13193497 louluigi said:


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Couldn't agree more with Mavric

I've been joking for years that I want to be a weatherman when I grow up ...
What other occupation would tolerate someone being wrong 50% of the time ??



GM of the NY Giants?

Nice!
With the advent of Geo-engineering  
chiro56 : 10/27/2016 5:59 pm : link
The last 8 years on full ramp-up, the weather predictions are a joke. Nature no longer controls the weather and has not for years. Governments do. Weather futures are traded. Rothchilds own 70% of the global weather stations.Anything goes.
RE: With the advent of Geo-engineering  
Davisian : 10/27/2016 6:02 pm : link
In comment 13193660 chiro56 said:
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The last 8 years on full ramp-up, the weather predictions are a joke. Nature no longer controls the weather and has not for years. Governments do. Weather futures are traded. Rothchilds own 70% of the global weather stations.Anything goes.



That's awesome

Can't get a 12 hour forecast correct  
Giants2012 : 10/27/2016 7:17 pm : link
yet have the certain Global Warming forecast down.
Actually, 2012...  
manh george : 10/27/2016 8:15 pm : link
it really helps to know the difference between weather and climate. Clearly you do not.


As far as La Nina is concerned (not La Nino), yes, there is widespread disagreement as to how it will affect local weather. El Nino patterns are much more consistent, but even there, differences at the border of various weather patterns are often enormous. For La Nina, note that there are huge swaths of the country for which the impact is highly uncertain--including the Northeast.



RE: Can't get a 12 hour forecast correct  
LakeGeorgeGiant : 10/27/2016 8:25 pm : link
In comment 13193703 Giants2012 said:
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yet have the certain Global Warming forecast down.



It's amazing how much ignorance you packed into such a short statement. Kudos!


Then we also have a nutjob spewing conspiracy nonsense. BBI is in rare form tonight!
RE: RE: Can't get a 12 hour forecast correct  
Giants2012 : 10/27/2016 8:45 pm : link
In comment 13193783 LakeGeorgeGiant said:
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In comment 13193703 Giants2012 said:


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yet have the certain Global Warming forecast down.




It's amazing how much ignorance you packed into such a short statement. Kudos!


Then we also have a nutjob spewing conspiracy nonsense. BBI is in rare form tonight!


Santa Claus isn't real either. Sry to wreck your world and hope the Great Pumpkin saves you.
RE: Actually, 2012...  
Giants2012 : 10/27/2016 8:47 pm : link
In comment 13193763 manh george said:
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it really helps to know the difference between weather and climate. Clearly you do not


It's an analogy of speculation not a direct comparison of apples and oranges skippy.

Article  
Jim in Fairfax : 10/27/2016 9:31 pm : link
Doesn't sound at all like you characterized it.
So long, El Nino; hello, La Nina: What does that mean for winter in Upstate NY? - ( New Window )
...  
Man In The Box : 10/27/2016 10:04 pm : link
El Niño is Spanish for the Nino.
"El Nino" Chris Farley - ( New Window )
They say that no two La Ninas are ever alike  
Ira : 10/27/2016 10:10 pm : link
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...  
CoughlinHandsonHips : 10/28/2016 7:34 am : link
I wouldn't worry about la Nino. El Niño is the one to worry about. All other tropical storms bow before El Niño
You are being unfair  
Capt. : 10/28/2016 8:14 am : link
N'atl Weather service can be extremely accurate at times. When it comes to the Time of day or the date, they have a near perfect record...........after that, not so good

I've been offshore when the weather service was saying the seas were 9 ft and they weren't even 9 inches.

Best to look at the radar and figure it out for yourself
RE: Article  
schabadoo : 10/28/2016 9:09 am : link
In comment 13193896 Jim in Fairfax said:
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Doesn't sound at all like you characterized it. So long, El Nino; hello, La Nina: What does that mean for winter in Upstate NY? - ( New Window )


Wow, just wow.

I feel terrible for the OP's teachers. Those book reports must've been something else. 'Like, Holden lost the fencing gear and worried about ducks all the time, stupid stuff like that.'
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