Every year 'round this time, amateur weather watchers tee-off against their local meteorologists, weather girls and professional Doppler junkies. They criticize everything from the blase "There could be some snow in the metro" to the alarmist, a-snowflake-is-a-blizzard school of thought.
Weather broadcasters are allowed to be wrong -- a lot. (If an MLB umpire had the same accuracy rate, he'd be pilloried post-game in the parking lot.) They just aren't allowed to be vague. All or nothing, baby. Take your shot.
In the first of a series of winter weatherperson watching, The Pitch is proud to announce the most accurate forecast from the local news affiliates, based on yesterday's midday forecast for snow accumulation in the metro, as measured on my deck in midtown.
But first, here are the guesses:
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@ Brad - Fixed. Thanks.
@ Bob - Great idea. Next storm, I'll use the preceding prime-time forecast.
Yeah this article makes no flipping sense.
Your judging a bunch of mid-day weather people and expecting them to have an exact number for your location and to be right on when we all know snow doesn't fall as uniform as you suggest. Lets see you go out there and measure 5 times and get the same measurements.
How about if you want to accurately test someones accuracy you look at the forecast they made the night before the storm, instead of a broadcast only 65 year old soap watchers are seeing!
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