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JoeFromLight
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by JoeFromLight Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:57 pm
I'm curious to check out how smart are
weather forecasts today, are they accurate??!!! Lets check it out. Please post here your city current weather outdoors taken by yourself and from internet weather forecast like
http://weather.light-cat.com (best because just input zip or city name)
Here's mine: Chicago, IL
I see 96? F and its really sunny!!!!
The weather report says:
Currently: 86? F
Feels Like: 88? F
Current conditions: Partly Cloudy
Sunrise: 5:44 AM.
Sunset: 8:10 PM.
Weehawk
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by Weehawk Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:27 pm
"Mostly quiet, but with an 80% chance of Spamstorms."
John Cunningham (JTC)
QRS
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by QRS Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:48 am
Weather forecasts will never be accurate. At least not 100%. The chaos theory you know....
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Weehawk
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by Weehawk Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:07 am
QRS wrote: Weather forecasts will never be accurate. At least not 100%. The chaos theory you know....
I predicted you were going to post that.
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BBH
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by BBH Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:28 am
JoeFromLight wrote:
I see 96? F and its really sunny!!!!
How are we supposed to trust a weather service that questions its own numbers?
QRS
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by QRS Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:40 am
Weehawk wrote: QRS wrote: Weather forecasts will never be accurate. At least not 100%. The chaos theory you know....
I predicted you were going to post that.
Yes, I'm more predictable than a weather forecast.
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The TJT
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by The TJT Mon Aug 01, 2005 5:01 am
BBH wrote:
Good point!
That's pretty bad advertising...
