Christmas Weekend Possible Snow Event

[This'nThat]

Originally Posted by Rose

Below is an excerpt from the area forecast discussion put out by the NWS forecast office in Taunton, Ma at 3:30 pm. Is this the type of discussion you're looking for, TnT?

So, that's it? My choice is either uber-hype or NWS text?

My answer is -- I accept neither one. I expect the so-called meterologists to accurately interpret the information they have, use the tools available to them (graphics, etc), and explain the weather. And if they aren't capable of doing this, or refuse to do so, then I will complain -- as I have already done in this thread.

I stand by my initial complaint -- Weather.com incompetantly over-hyped a potential storm based upon a single model. I believe they did so solely for the sensation, and not necessarily to serve the public. And I'm calling them out for it. At a minimum, they should be embarrassed for being so unprofessional. And I don't accept their "oops, sorry" explanations.

And before everybody jumps all over me, I know that the weather models are complex. I'm not a weather guy. But I've developed, programmed, and ran my share of non-linear, 2nd-order partial differential equations [think: higly modified Bernoulli equations] with non-deterministic boundary conditions evaluating the movement of effluents under various pressure conditions, and so I have an appreciation for the difficulties of long-range predictions. If the boundary conditions are just right, there could be significant errors in the end result. But knowing that -- and then higly publicising the most sensational model [regardless of the potential error] as "this is the case, folks" is just plain incompetance on someone's part. IMO.