Our "Meteorologists"...

[madcitizen]

It's downright hilarious: The Weather Channel is a joke. They've turned it into a "Show". like every other channel's supposed news programs. With idiotic, various segments and entertainment-like visual T.V. crap.
Can't remember where I heard it just the other day, but someone on radio commented, "The weather people aren't even really predicting anymore as they are observing and reporting in almost real-time." Exactly!..

I notice these goofballs have a "weekly forecast". As the week moves on, the predicted daily highs become higher and higher. And their displayed high temps increase as the days move on. It's very odd.
I did a 3 month experiment from Aug. thru Oct. of last year with this & The Weather Channel, just for kicks. Writing down the forecasts and then observing the days come to pass compared with my recorded material. It confirmed this thing with the predicted high temperatures and how they keep having to change (usually increase) their displays as the days move on in their "weekly forecast" screens.

[chickenlittle]

Yep,you've got it,When they do there fashion poses for commercials for the channel that really cracks me up I was watching one night and said to my husband "This must be really embarassing for these guys"because you know they have no idea.
Like you say they will call for warming trend(my favorite) and then the next day it will be raining and they tell you we've got rain here,like it is some big news,I mean shit I could give a weather forcast.
and on top of that they act like they never even said it was supposed to be warmer and sun,like it just never happened.
Don't you wonder if they are in contact with the chem-jet people telling them "hey man,you are making asses out of us,at least make it look like we know whats going on"
I can just picture this scenario.because that radio host said exactly what I was just telling someone the other day,and you too have hit the nail right on the head.
My husband doesn't follow the chemtrail problem as closely as I but he still does and even he said "ya know,everyday they call for sun or rain the next day it will be the opposite of what they said and then they will change it on the screen to whatever weather happens to show up."
It can be a bit un-nerving when you drive for a living.
One thing about the winter snow storms where the traffic reports are important is that you come to realize just how many CAMERAS are out there in public,pretty scarey
take care madc,
chicky

[IndigoStarseed7]

OMG! Glad I'm not the only one who notice especially that the temps. throughout the week go up. They were predicting today to be the coldest day of the year here in Syracuse, NY and once again, it's not. I used to love to be able to turn on The Weather Channel to see the doppler and what was happening where I live, now I have to wait through asshol*ish shows about "The Biggest Hurricane EVER!", when did they start shows on The Weather Channel??? The "Weather Channel" has become less about the weather and more about striving for things like the best journalism, the best weather documentary, the best meterologist and all that crap. The "Meterogologists" should've been on The People's Choice Awards along with my favorite t.v. stars this year. It really bites, but goes to prove more that t.v. is bullhockey that's censored to hel! to keep us from the truth about what's happening in our sky!!!

[marklookingup]

Chickie,

KOMO Ch. 4 Seattle today calls for filtered sunshine today.

As of 8:00 am. the sky is COVERED in lines.

[altitudelou]

A good friend of mine that I correspond with up in Canada told me some time back that there are no true meteorologist to be seen in any of the television media and I agree because the media does not want to spend the money to hire real "Ph.D" meteorologist so what they end up doing is hiring these "forecasters" straight out of collage that have taken some meteorology courses but few that actually have any degree or have done an internship in weather research, etc...basically what we get from these "forecasters" is there own version of the National Weather Service area forecast.

Some of these people can not even read the NWS models or extrapolate from them forecast that are totally whacked out from what the weather will turn out to be, there is such a demand for "forecasters" that the media outlets will hire just about anyone who can point to a map and say, high, low, sunny, cloudy and stormy. It's definitely a case of the media wanting quantity as opposed to having quality.

I find that there are few local forecasters that can be trusted to give a 24 hour forecast that is accurate and fewer yet that can give an accurate 48 hour forecast which are all based on the NWS models, I believe that most of what we see on the TV with regard to weather is produced for entertainment value and not actual public service, just watch the weather channel, they present floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes as a spectator sport, the more people that they can suck in with the shock value of there programs the better it is for their ratings, real time weather is boring so they want to present the most shocking weather events that they can get on film / video for the disaster hungry consumer.

Not very many people would want to watch what a real meteorologist does in preparing a forecast so the media networks want action, death and destruction, that old saying "If it bleeds, it leads" still holds very true with regard to news and weather, the more gore the better.

It's been like that since Caesar discovered that Christians could not outrun lions.

[chickenlittle]

Hi all,Mark I have a nasty cold right now,I nursed my 11 yr.old back to feeling batter and now the rest of the family has it,anyways I did not get out too much today,I walked the dog and did noticed a very hazy sky above us.
You know that statement crackes me up,Filtered through what??
I mean come,on.
chicky

[madcitizen]

Man, it sure does feel good to know that others have been noticing this, too. Feels like we are in uncharted waters in earth's history. Weather in real-time with hardly any clue as to what tomorrow's (let alone next week's) weather might be like.

by altitudelou,

A good friend of mine that I correspond with up in Canada told me some time back that there are no true meteorologist to be seen in any of the television media and I agree because the media does not want to spend the money to hire real "Ph.D" meteorologist so what they end up doing is hiring these "forecasters" straight out of collage that have taken some meteorology courses but few that actually have any degree or have done an internship in weather research, etc...basically what we get from these "forecasters" is there own version of the National Weather Service area forecast.

Some of these people can not even read the NWS models or extrapolate from them forecast that are totally whacked out from what the weather will turn out to be, there is such a demand for "forecasters" that the media outlets will hire just about anyone who can point to a map and say, high, low, sunny, cloudy and stormy. It's definitely a case of the media wanting quantity as opposed to having quality.

Now that would explain some of what's going on. It definitely makes sense as to weather & the T.V.. And as marklookingup stated, those forecasts now that always call for "Filtered Sunshine". Yeah, whatever. Well put, altitudelou.

Keep healthy chickenlittle. Stay hydrated.

[chickenlittle]

You got it,I am drinking the peppermint tea and water,a ton.
I think indigo,it is more like they are using these "shows"on the weather channel as scare tactics,like the one
"it came from outerspace" oh wait,I'm sorry thats not it, I mean"It Could Happen Tomorrow"
Everytime I hear this ad for this show i just think No shit,or maybe the day after that,or that,or that.
Whatever it takes to scare the shit out of the sheeple.You know pretty soon with this weather modification they are screwing with they can probably change the show to"It Will Happen Tomorrow"

chicky

[chickenlittle]

Also you know I listen to internet radio and I do like Marthas' vineyard radio MVYradio,and I just heard the dj on here say something about
"snowsqualls,"has anyone else EVER heard this terminology,I personally have not??
chicky

[IndigoStarseed7]

chickenlittle said:

You got it,I am drinking the peppermint tea and water,a ton.
I think indigo,it is more like they are using these "shows"on the weather channel as scare tactics,like the one
"it came from outerspace" oh wait,I'm sorry thats not it, I mean"It Could Happen Tomorrow"
Everytime I hear this ad for this show i just think No shit,or maybe the day after that,or that,or that.
Whatever it takes to scare the shit out of the sheeple.You know pretty soon with this weather modification they are screwing with they can probably change the show to"It Will Happen Tomorrow"

chicky

I think you're very right about "them" trying to scare the sheeples with this crap, I didn't think of it from that perspective. Well, I guess I'm not a sheeple then, because all these shows do is piss me off when I'm trying to see the doppler! The truth of the matter is, "they" can't predict the weather unless it's something "they've" created, and this is so because of the fact that all "they" do is modified/manmade!! If "they" don't create it, chances are we'd all be in much higher piles of shibbet than we are right now. "They've" created this catch 22...thank "them" very much

[kola]

weather channel sux, but the girls are cute!!

"shallow" Kola

[altitudelou]

chickenlittle wrote,

"snowsqualls,"has anyone else EVER heard this terminology,I personally have not??
chicky
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Yes Chicky, "Squall" is an old, old term going back to the very first days of sailing by those who were brave enough or stupid enough to venture out into the oceans past the sight of land.

They encountered lines of wind driven rain, snow or sleet and I believe the term "squall" was attached to whatever form of precipitation was encountered due to the "squalling" nature of the sound that it made.

The term has stuck down through the ages, to this day sailors and ranchers alike use it quite often.

Ranchers are heard to say "That was a bad squall" and anyone sailing knows to steer clear for the squall line, etc..

I think I may have been five or six years old when I first heard my father use the term, something about a God Da##ed snowsquall interfering with his hunting plans. (He still went hunting though.)

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A squal also happens frequently on the Great Lakes.When a cold front and a warm front collide ,which is the way tornados are formed.In the Great Lakes you have waves but not swells like the oceans.The waves become huge and very close together,making it hard to not beat the crap out of your boat and everyone in it.Sail boat or motor boat.You usually will see a very dark storm front coming and if on the water,hopefully you can get to land or a safe cove that won't be battered by the large and numerous waves that come with the squal. Gramps was a commercial fisherman on the Great Lakes.

[kola]

I must agree, growing up in Buffalo, the term snowsqualls was used frequently, and I am 48 years old.

ol' Kola

[altitudelou]

Speaking of squalls, remember this one?

The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald

(Gordon Lightfoot)

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee'
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty.
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early.

The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?

The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too,
T'was the witch of November come stealin'.
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the Gales of November came slashin'.
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind.

When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'.
Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya.
At Seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in, he said
Fellas, it's been good t'know ya
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
And the good ship and crew was in peril.
And later that night when his lights went outta sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searches all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her.
They might have split up or they might have capsized;
May have broke deep and took water.
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams;
The islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her,
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the Gales of November remembered.

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed,
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral.
The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call 'Gitche Gumee'.
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early

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Lou,I was going to mention the Edmund Fitz.glad you brought it up.

[altitudelou]

Hows that old saying go about "Great Minds"?

Ah, yes, great minds think alike, A-What ? ( LOL.)

[chickenlittle]

Hey,I have a great mind too,hehehe
Anyways yes,I knew what a rain squall and the word squall,I just had not heard of it in terms of snow,but apparently it is more common than I had thought.
I have only heard it in connection with rain.
It could be in dependence on where you are located.
Thanks you guys,
chicky

[madcitizen]

They are at it again. Our local "meteorologists" (that's what they call themselves, HA!) are coming up with new terms to fit the hell we are seeing outside; defined as our weather.

One local Denver T.V. station has been predicting this: "Scattered clouds and sunshine, with a bit of haziness."
The local forecast from the Weather Channel has been predicting this: "A mix of clouds and sun, with some passing clouds throughout the afternoon."

These clowns are either walking zombie clones, unable to recognize the blatantly obvious weather manipulation visible in our skies almost every single day, or are ordered by their bosses to just read off of whatever forecast writing they are given. Good thing we have these "professionals" to let us know what the weather will be like. Oh my, what would we do without them?

[madcitizen]

"Hazy sunshine". "Hazy". Whoa. These are wild times.

Makes you wonder what the higher-ups of these stations know about their own forecasts, like the executive producers and such.?.

[madcitizen]

Man, that's cutting right to the chase, Lou...awesome.

posted by Altitudelou

A good friend of mine that I correspond with up in Canada told me some time back that there are no true meteorologist to be seen in any of the television media and I agree because the media does not want to spend the money to hire real "Ph.D" meteorologist so what they end up doing is hiring these "forecasters" straight out of collage that have taken some meteorology courses but few that actually have any degree or have done an internship in weather research, etc...basically what we get from these "forecasters" is there own version of the National Weather Service area forecast.

Some of these people can not even read the NWS models or extrapolate from them forecast that are totally whacked out from what the weather will turn out to be, there is such a demand for "forecasters" that the media outlets will hire just about anyone who can point to a map and say, high, low, sunny, cloudy and stormy. It's definitely a case of the media wanting quantity as opposed to having quality.

I find that there are few local forecasters that can be trusted to give a 24 hour forecast that is accurate and fewer yet that can give an accurate 48 hour forecast which are all based on the NWS models, I believe that most of what we see on the TV with regard to weather is produced for entertainment value and not actual public service, just watch the weather channel, they present floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes as a spectator sport, the more people that they can suck in with the shock value of there programs the better it is for their ratings, real time weather is boring so they want to present the most shocking weather events that they can get on film / video for the disaster hungry consumer.

Not very many people would want to watch what a real meteorologist does in preparing a forecast so the media networks want action, death and destruction, that old saying "If it bleeds, it leads" still holds very true with regard to news and weather, the more gore the better.

It's been like that since Caesar discovered that Christians could not outrun lions.

deserves a re-post! The "forecasts" get funnier every day. Ha!

[chickenlittle]

You are told "Hazy" up here in Wa. we hear them say filtered.
It is a joke.
chicky