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Old 07-21-2024, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Dusty_Star View Post
You're right, yesterday at one point I saw a 30% chance of rain, so I thought - no rain today 70% good odds. Holy moly! It took a while to get here, but when it did...hang on.
POP (probability of precipitation) forecasts are very misleading -- plus they can't be verified because there are no rain gauges in most places on earth. For example ... a 100% POP forecasts can verify if only 0.01" fell on one house - within the designated forecast area ... and if there was no rain gauge at that house it won't be recorded as a hit. Plus ... POP forecasts DO NOT infer rain Intensity or Duration -- but only a Yes/No event. Learn more tomorrow, July 22 at 1 PM at the Bridgeport Rec Ctr ... and learn about the 2 houses that caught fire from last night's lightning storms.