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Old June 6th 10, 07:40 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Whats the point of forecasts that dont turn out to be correct ?

On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 at 10:25:50, ned flanders wrote in
uk.sci.weather :


The probability of correct forecasting is something that has been
rattling around in my head for a while.

If on Day 1 of a 5 day forecast I'm told Rain is on the way only for
this forecast to change between rain/dry (for example) over the next
three days and then its actually dry on day 5, the forecast on day 1
was utterly worthless.


What if showers are forecast - some people are going to see the forecast
as correct, while others won't...
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