I went to school for Broadcast Meteorology and one of CBS 46's biggest problem is their weather. The afternoon/evening weather lady is awful. WGCL will need to start hiring knowledgeable meteorologist and stop hiring people for sex appeal.
The weather graphics are awful and their radar imagery is awful. Their futurecast models have very low resolution which makes it look much more blurry than the other stations.
While he still needs to get better acquainted with north Ga, Mike Francis over at 11 alive proves to be the most accurate of all mets around. He also creates his own forecast vs taking from the NWS. Technology over at WSB is good but they read the forecast from the NWS. Ken Cook is good at what he does but he's way to conservative for my taste. For example, if models are indicating snow, he will not even hint at it until 24 hours prior. Severe weather? Same deal; He will not even mention the threat for severe weather until 24 hours prior while everyone else is screaming the threat is there.
There is a fine line with under-estimating a weather forecast and dramatizing minor weather activity. OMG, winds blew down a tree on a car!
Back to WGCL though- They need a good meteorologist who will include skycams in the burbs, better graphics, and a little more time. I miss Gene Norman who has be Atlanta's most accurate in the last 10 years. Chris Smith (weekend guy) was good as well.
