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Old 09-29-2023, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Carol@TV View Post
I have five different weather apps on my phone, and they usually have five different forecasts. I haven't found any of them to be accurate. I look at all of them before heading out for a ride on my bike and have been caught in the rain several times despite none of them predicting rain.
They are all wrong because the weather (and climate) models are all wrong ... well at least they get the bigger picture a little better, but the small scale stuff is still way beyond today's model capabilities. The reason is the computer grid spacing is still too large to model individual cloud and storm elements, plus the time-steps within the models are still too large to track individual storms. This is all explained in The Weather Club (The Villages Weather Club) which has a complete presentation about this subject. In the meantime, I only use real-time weather radar know what's happening -- before I go out for walks or whatever ... here's the link ... Current Weather Conditions: Florida Radar Loop | South Florida Water Management District