Who do you trust for accurate weather?

gtxrider · 12-18-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Grant

Know who I trust for weather forecasting?

Myself. And only marginally.

All you need to do is look at the radar online, and see where stuff is moving, and where the fronts and pressure systems are going.

Weather forecasting remains, for the most part, voodoo jive-ass baloney, at least when it comes to my "other" neck of the woods down here. Seems we're at the fulcrum/collision point for every weather system. Stuff comes down from the north, up from the south, and always seems to merge right over SE Pennsylvania. If there's a rain/snow line, it will be floating somewhere around this area. Weatherman calls for a foot of snow, and we get 3" of rain. Calls for sun, we get thunderstorms. They call for cold winter and tons of snow, and we have weeks in the 60s. They even drove some poor sod out of town -- up to new York -- after he predicted the storm of the century, and we got nothing! Hilarious.

Ya if could be wrong as much as the weather man but that is not the case. Its whether the wind blows more to the east or whether the front stalls....

Grant, do you trust your Home Boy Punxsutawney Phil?

Could be a big snow here in NJ tomorrow!

Winni-Retired · 12-18-2009, 08:29 PM

It's raining very hard here on Topsail Island, NC... The sea is very angry tonight.

We are delaying our return to NH until monday due to the " end of the world " snow forecast, one gets for the DelMarVa area .... the local NC forecast calls for a foot in the Richmond, VA to DC area.

Our plan was to close the condo early tomorrow morning and head north for the holidays .............. but I guess that is why they made Monday's

Shore Driver · 12-30-2009, 12:24 PM

Matt Noyes from NECN is good. Nicely snow-biased.

Pineedles · 12-30-2009, 03:33 PM

Resident 2B on the winni forum.

no-engine · 12-30-2009, 05:14 PM

Agree: NECN, whomever is working at the moment.

I also look at various free apps on my iPhone!

BTW: I don't normally watch Chan 6 from Maine this morning, BUT was saying a 3-day nor'easter..........

Pricestavern · 12-30-2009, 11:44 PM

My Dad (though no longer broadcasting). Always trust a Navy man.

ApS · 12-31-2009, 06:42 AM

And that's a fact!

I've found a trailer-boater who always has a four-hour window on the fair weather he prefers for fishing. Otherwise, I'll check the usual sites in the evening, then again in the early morning—often different—and then check the skies at daybreak.

If you have the right kind of clouds, you can find a similar "window" at any time of day.

12-18-2009, 08:29 PM	#2
Winni-Retired Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: SE Mass / Lake Posts: 125 Thanks: 98 Thanked 102 Times in 22 Posts	Weekend storm ... 18 Dec It's raining very hard here on Topsail Island, NC... The sea is very angry tonight. We are delaying our return to NH until monday due to the " end of the world " snow forecast, one gets for the DelMarVa area .... the local NC forecast calls for a foot in the Richmond, VA to DC area. Our plan was to close the condo early tomorrow morning and head north for the holidays .............. but I guess that is why they made Monday's

12-30-2009, 03:33 PM	#4
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,549 Thanks: 1,074 Thanked 672 Times in 369 Posts	Who do I trust? Resident 2B on the winni forum.

12-30-2009, 11:44 PM	#6
Pricestavern Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Valencia, Spain (formerly Rattlesnake Isle) Posts: 389 Thanks: 135 Thanked 142 Times in 82 Posts	Weather Trust My Dad (though no longer broadcasting). Always trust a Navy man.

12-31-2009, 06:42 AM	#7
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 6,025 Thanks: 2,275 Thanked 786 Times in 562 Posts	My Dad, too. And that's a fact! I've found a trailer-boater who always has a four-hour window on the fair weather he prefers for fishing. Otherwise, I'll check the usual sites in the evening, then again in the early morning—often different—and then check the skies at daybreak. If you have the right kind of clouds, you can find a similar "window" at any time of day.

12-30-2009, 12:24 PM	#3
Shore Driver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tolland CT Posts: 194 Thanks: 20 Thanked 31 Times in 25 Posts	Matt Noyes from NECN is good. Nicely snow-biased.

12-30-2009, 05:14 PM	#5
no-engine Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West side Winnipesaukee, Lakes Region Posts: 516 Thanks: 20 Thanked 52 Times in 40 Posts	Agree: NECN, whomever is working at the moment. I also look at various free apps on my iPhone! BTW: I don't normally watch Chan 6 from Maine this morning, BUT was saying a 3-day nor'easter..........