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camp guy · 08-07-2010, 08:10 PM

A couple of summers ago at the Libby Museum (Rt 109, Wolfeboro) I attended a weather program presented by the one of the WMUR Channel 9 weather forecasters. The program was fascinating. He explained the scientific side of weather forecasting, and then described how he interprets these results into his forecast. He readily admitted that forecasters use ranges, but that their accuracy rate is much higher than the general public realizes. He further went on to explain that he had been in the weather business in several other geographic areas of the country and that the Lakes Region was by far the most challenging to forecast weather. This challenge is created by the location of the Lakes Region being close to the seacoast and being influenced by the ocean weather currents, being close to the mountains and being influenced by the altitude and temperature changes, and the Lake itself presenting a large mass of water with several large land masses within, two conditions which can change wind and temperature.

He said when he was in the mid-West, he literally called someone miles upwind from him and then calculated the local weather using their weather and windspeed to predict the local weather. There were no significant geographic conditions to effect the weather.

So, what does this all mean ?,-- if you don't like the weather, wait a bit and it'll change, or, get yourself a weather rock (like APS suggests.)

08-07-2010, 08:10 PM	#3
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,135 Thanks: 284 Thanked 480 Times in 271 Posts	Wind Forecasts A couple of summers ago at the Libby Museum (Rt 109, Wolfeboro) I attended a weather program presented by the one of the WMUR Channel 9 weather forecasters. The program was fascinating. He explained the scientific side of weather forecasting, and then described how he interprets these results into his forecast. He readily admitted that forecasters use ranges, but that their accuracy rate is much higher than the general public realizes. He further went on to explain that he had been in the weather business in several other geographic areas of the country and that the Lakes Region was by far the most challenging to forecast weather. This challenge is created by the location of the Lakes Region being close to the seacoast and being influenced by the ocean weather currents, being close to the mountains and being influenced by the altitude and temperature changes, and the Lake itself presenting a large mass of water with several large land masses within, two conditions which can change wind and temperature. He said when he was in the mid-West, he literally called someone miles upwind from him and then calculated the local weather using their weather and windspeed to predict the local weather. There were no significant geographic conditions to effect the weather. So, what does this all mean ?,-- if you don't like the weather, wait a bit and it'll change, or, get yourself a weather rock (like APS suggests.)