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Originally Posted by Belmont Resident
No I cannot do a better job, but, when someone asks me a question that I do not know the answer to I do not pretend to know or even guess. Why don’t they just say we don’t know and leave it at that? Then at least we are not making plans gassing up our trucks, putting on our plows and sanders and gearing up for nothing. The same with rain in the summer. How frustrating is it to have a day planed around afternoon rain and have it start pouring by 10am like it did more than once this summer.
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Definition of forecast: To estimate or calculate in advance, especially to predict (weather conditions) by analysis of meteorological data.
They're not pretending to know or guessing...they're forecasting. They don't say "I don't know" because it's their job to provide a forecast, not to shrug their shoulders. And with regards to the upcoming storm, the meteorologists I've been listening to have made it clear that the models are all over the place.