Comments on: The forecast was for a “dusting” to one inch http://standardmischief.com/blog/2010/01/30/the-forecast-was-for-a-dusting-to-one-inch/ Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Standard Mischief http://standardmischief.com/blog/2010/01/30/the-forecast-was-for-a-dusting-to-one-inch/comment-page-1/#comment-41074 Standard Mischief Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:44:03 +0000 http://standardmischief.com/blog/2010/01/30/the-forcast-was-for-a-dusting-to-one-inch/#comment-41074 That's not the entire picture. They just are not very good at predicting the track and speed of a storm, which makes a big difference in total accumulation. However, I think they're also unwilling to say a prediction that will cover all the bases. If you listen to the one radio station I do on my commute, in the last 24 hours, they've predicted 8 to 30 inches of snow. (Not in the same hour of course.) That’s not the entire picture. They just are not very good at predicting the track and speed of a storm, which makes a big difference in total accumulation.

However, I think they’re also unwilling to say a prediction that will cover all the bases. If you listen to the one radio station I do on my commute, in the last 24 hours, they’ve predicted 8 to 30 inches of snow. (Not in the same hour of course.)

]]> By: Leah http://standardmischief.com/blog/2010/01/30/the-forecast-was-for-a-dusting-to-one-inch/comment-page-1/#comment-41024 Leah Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:06:44 +0000 http://standardmischief.com/blog/2010/01/30/the-forcast-was-for-a-dusting-to-one-inch/#comment-41024 It's so hard to know how much snow will fall. Heck, it's even difficult to measure what fell. Rain is easy to predict because a consistent amount of water forms rain drops. Snow, as you've discovered, can vary highly in moisture content. So, your meteorologists predicted snowfall based on much more wet snowdrops, and they ended up wrong. It’s so hard to know how much snow will fall. Heck, it’s even difficult to measure what fell. Rain is easy to predict because a consistent amount of water forms rain drops. Snow, as you’ve discovered, can vary highly in moisture content. So, your meteorologists predicted snowfall based on much more wet snowdrops, and they ended up wrong.

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