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THANKS FOR NOTHING, LUBBOCK TV WEATHER FORCASTERS!

G

Garrett

Ok, we go through this EVERY SINGLE WEEK! On Tuesday, all 4 stations will say "Better chance for a snow event on the weekend/Monday." Then, as the day comes, it looks less like we'll get squate, and eventually, nothing happens, and by the time the forcast rolls around at 10 pm, they just shrug it off like everything happened as reported, and move on. (In summer, just replace snow with rain, or sun with wind).

And today, it was particluarly annoying since, this big weather event was forcast for today. Saturday, we got flurries but Sunday into Monday night was supposed to be the bigger chance for precip. Well, it's been F'ing cold, and drizzly, and not a single snowflake.
And somehow, not a single weather cast all day today, since no local station decided to do a Sunday evening newscast.

Lubbock Texas, worthless for weathercasting!
(Whatever happened to firing the weatherman when the forcast was wrong?)
 
> Ok, we go through this EVERY SINGLE WEEK! On Tuesday, all 4
> stations will say "Better chance for a snow event on the
> weekend/Monday." Then, as the day comes, it looks less like
> we'll get squate, and eventually, nothing happens, and by
> the time the forcast rolls around at 10 pm, they just shrug
> it off like everything happened as reported, and move on.
> (In summer, just replace snow with rain, or sun with wind).
>
>
> And today, it was particluarly annoying since, this big
> weather event was forcast for today. Saturday, we got
> flurries but Sunday into Monday night was supposed to be the
> bigger chance for precip. Well, it's been F'ing cold, and
> drizzly, and not a single snowflake.
> And somehow, not a single weather cast all day today, since
> no local station decided to do a Sunday evening newscast.
>
> Lubbock Texas, worthless for weathercasting!
> (Whatever happened to firing the weatherman when the forcast
> was wrong?)
>
Remember, theres a difference between being a meterologist and a "weatherman". It sounds like lubbock is more of the latter than the previous.
 
> > Ok, we go through this EVERY SINGLE WEEK! On Tuesday, all
> 4
> > stations will say "Better chance for a snow event on the
> > weekend/Monday." Then, as the day comes, it looks less
> like
> > we'll get squate, and eventually, nothing happens, and by
> > the time the forcast rolls around at 10 pm, they just
> shrug
> > it off like everything happened as reported, and move on.
> > (In summer, just replace snow with rain, or sun with
> wind).
> >
> >
> > And today, it was particluarly annoying since, this big
> > weather event was forcast for today. Saturday, we got
> > flurries but Sunday into Monday night was supposed to be
> the
> > bigger chance for precip. Well, it's been F'ing cold, and
> > drizzly, and not a single snowflake.
> > And somehow, not a single weather cast all day today,
> since
> > no local station decided to do a Sunday evening newscast.
>
> >
> > Lubbock Texas, worthless for weathercasting!
> > (Whatever happened to firing the weatherman when the
> forcast
> > was wrong?)
> >
> Remember, theres a difference between being a meterologist
> and a "weatherman". It sounds like lubbock is more of the
> latter than the previous.
>

There's 3 real meteorlogists in this town (Ron Roberts, Carlos Gonzales, and John Robison), and one more in training (Jon Aaron, who's real sharp) . But save for Aaron, the rest are, well,
"Weatherpeople," who are paid to look "cute."

And that's all I am going to say about that...
 
But then again, this is Texas. How are you supposed to forcast this state? I mean cumon!

And quit complaining, just move to Dallas! 15 media Meteorologists! And 1 of them is all-radio!

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> But then again, this is Texas. How are you supposed to
> forcast this state? I mean cumon!
>
> And quit complaining, just move to Dallas! 15 media
> Meteorologists! And 1 of them is all-radio!
>
> ~CTL
>
If only I could...
 
> > But then again, this is Texas. How are you supposed to
> > forcast this state? I mean cumon!
> >
> > And quit complaining, just move to Dallas! 15 media
> > Meteorologists! And 1 of them is all-radio!
> >
> > ~CTL
> >
> If only I could...
>
When I lived in Dallas in the late '70s we had Warren
Culbertson (KDFW/4), Harold Taft (KXAS/5), and Troy
Dungan (WFAA/8), and you could set your watch by their
forecasts for snow. Invariably the system that would
bring us snow would come onshore on the West Coast on
Monday, turn to snow and cross the Rockies by Wednesday
night or Thursday, and I don't care if it was 70 degrees
in Dallas on Friday, we'd invariably get snow starting
early Saturday afternoon--and this was practically
every week. And I don't think Warren, Harold, and Troy
ever missed a snow prediction; by Friday night they'd
start reporting snow in the Panhandle, and we knew we
were in for it.

But Texas weather is unpredicatble, and I think some
of you are quick to blame the messenger.

We had a similar experience last week here in North Carolina:
WFMY/2, the CBS affiliate in Greensboro, started the
week predicting a 20% chance of ice for Thursday morning;
we ended up with enough ice to close schools north and west
of Greensboro, and to put schools south and east on delayed
openings.

Bottom line: even the most experienced meteorologists
don't always get it right.
 
> When I lived in Dallas in the late '70s we had Warren
> Culbertson (KDFW/4),

1970s vs. 2005.
In 1970s, they didn't even use chroma key. Most stations still used Magnets and transparent writing boards.
In 2005, we have adavanced doppler radar.

They should know what's comming by now...
 
> > When I lived in Dallas in the late '70s we had Warren
> > Culbertson (KDFW/4),
>
> 1970s vs. 2005.
> In 1970s, they didn't even use chroma key. Most stations
> still used Magnets and transparent writing boards.
> In 2005, we have adavanced doppler radar.
>
> They should know what's comming by now...
>
I concur, but being a meterologist is 10% science,90% gut
 
> > > When I lived in Dallas in the late '70s we had Warren
> > > Culbertson (KDFW/4),
> >
> > 1970s vs. 2005.
> > In 1970s, they didn't even use chroma key. Most stations
> > still used Magnets and transparent writing boards.
> > In 2005, we have adavanced doppler radar.
> >
> > They should know what's comming by now...
> >
> I concur, but being a meterologist is 10% science,90% gut
>
So some of these forcasters in Lubbock are gutless?
 
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