yeah the weather channel website sucks...it said we're gonna have shower around here the whole day yesterday but none..yes it was cloudy but not a single drop...the forecast also said its gonna be sunny with 0% chance of precipitation...well when i woke up what did i see...soakin wet parkin lot and still drizzlin...i should have went ridin to Ortega yeasterday...i check the website too b4 i went to bed 1230 am but it did not displayed any changes...they're full of sh#t...just rantin  :x

p.s. good mornin everyone  :mrgreen:

YOU try forecasting the weather, it's HARD.  Trust me, I did it for 20 years.  try www.intellicast.com I like that site better.

Or try it yourself, here are some links...

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/index.php?model=gfs
http://meteocentre.com/models/modelsukmet_e.html
http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts/d/charts/deterministic/world/msl_uv850_z500
https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/WXMAP/index.html
http://meteocentre.com/models/modelsgem_e.html
http://rain.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/
http://www.kma.go.kr/kmas/kma/english/main.htm
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/short_range/DAVhtml
http://ecpc.ucsd.edu/m2s/m2s_ECPC_forecasts.html
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkjmanh.html
http://www.kma.go.kr/kmas/kma/english/main.htm
http://www3.cptec.inpe.br/cgi-bin/anaprevglob126_lb.cgi?campo=pmsla&prev=1&data=1&ling=p&modelo=126
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/ensemble/index_e.html
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/images/ens/ens.html#nh
http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/ens/fcsts/ensframe.html
http://152.80.49.210/PUBLIC/EFS/efs.html
http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/STATS/html/acz5.html

Good luck!

the forcaster goes by what he/she sees on comp, and by info, not an exact science, but i feel your pain tho  :lol:

you should reconsider your stance on weather news, think of it as a suplement to help you decide but not a solid deciding factor, be prepared for rain with rain gear and use the news to help you plan.

Do anything else and you might as well live your life based on fortune cookies.

Just buy a subscription to DTN.  It's got up to the minute radar, so you can see the exact patterns and get your own experience.  DIY forecasting!

Quote from: '04gs500fyou might as well live your life based on fortune cookies.

yeah

well its just weather.com  and the local news said the same thing and both were usually right the past few months

anyhoo, guess who went ridin at about 3 pm? me  :mrgreen:

the dark clouds past by and it was so sunny ladies came out in their bikinis here in our apt to tan up near the pool

after droolin...i geared up with my new teknic lightning jacket    and went to Ortega...it was my first time to go there..its so cool...theres not a lot cars in there and it was cold...i took it easy through the twisties (dont wann ride beyond my limits  :mrgreen: ) but damn it so nice..i saw some guy in  :guns: kawi zx6 knee draggin ...i was so jealous..the 25 mi fwy ride home was hard though...a windshield would really be handy (an f16 should be cool enough)

the damn the day turned out to be a nice one  

(my butt hurts though :lol:  )

Quote from: joerockerYOU try forecasting the weather, it's HARD.  Trust me, I did it for 20 years.

Bitter much?  

No, not BITTER, just defensive.  

They wanted to know within 15 minutes when it would start to rain, stop raining, how much rain we'd get, how much cloud cover, how high the cloud ceiling would be, wind direction withoin 10 degrees, all kinds of stuff.  

The TV weather guy has it made compared to a real working meteorologist.  The TV guy just reads the National Weather Service forecasts.  The NWS puts out plain language 7 day forecasts and they just read it.  A lot of the TV "weathermen" are just wannabe news anchors and not meteorologists.

i agree that weather pattern analysis might be hard on the other part of the US...but im in socal...few rain episodes happen here...and its almost spring..i just thought they would be better in analyzing things... :dunno:

For the most part I agree, some areas are a LOT easier to forecast than others.  But, when EXACTLY are the Santa Annas going to kick up?  10:15AM or 10:25AM?  What time EXACTLY is that morning low cloud deck going to lift and break up.  When is the afternoon sea breeze going to start?  How strong will it be?  If you take the time to notice, even a nice place like the LA basin has it's own forecasting problems.