Long range forecast is pointless?

Question

question to all??

do you find it fustrating when a forecast(3-5) days says it looks promising and when its time the forecast has changed!

planning a weekend is impossible in this country when you get various networks and media contradicting each other .

what do you all think?

personnaly the met office should be held more accountable and fired on incompetance.

Answer 1

I just wonder if you  could do any better.  Do you know how many variables exist in an airmass on any given day?   And if you held everyone else to the same standard as meteorologists,  we would all be unemployed.

Right now,  the Philippines are being nailed by Typhoon Frank.     Even with the best data, a forecaster can only do so much.   There is such a large area to try and cover and our long range forecasts give them a ball park idea of what to expect and where.   Bust atmospheric conditions change and there are far too many things that can influence them.

You are complaining because it rained on your picnic, while others are being evacuated from the homes,  which they may never see again.  Thousands of lives are saved and despite our best efforts,   many will be lost too.

So,  you don't think we do a good job,  well fine.   But trust me, we do the best we can with what we have and that is all that can be expected.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIA...

Answer 2

my Dad is obsessed with watching the weather! I don't understand as we'll get what we're gonna get an no-one can change it!! lol

Answer 3

Too many people out there forecasting the weather - Met Office site is often very wrong and covers too big an area around where you live.

If you query anything wrong with their forecast they'll always tell you forecasting is not an exact science and long range forecasts can change daily!

Answer 4

watching weather on UK T.V(BBC,ITV etc,etc not UKTV..) is pointless and annoying they tell you what it is going to be like every 15 Min's and they still can't get it right.

Answer 5

100% behind you...it all comes from the same place..the met..yet as you say different channel different weather site..different weather...christ knows mate.....i give/gave up a long time ago.....