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Old 11-12-2012, 12:17 PM
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I once had a meteorologist explain to me that an 80% chance of rain means that there is an 80% chance of it raining somewhere in a specific area. The are could be Sumter County for example. It may rain in Wildwood, but not in Lake Sumter landing. The people up on 466 will be talking about how the weather man doesn't know what he's talking about. Of course there would still be a 20% chance that it will not rain at all anywhere in that area.
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