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Countless man
hours and millions of dollars
have been invested in weather
satellites, weather radar, and remote
sensors to generate sophisticated computer models of the world's atmosphere to make
detailed weather forecasts. So what
do I get when I tune into
the news to find out the weather?
"Tomorrow
there's a chance it'll be
partly cloudy with highs from
mid, to upper
80's"
What is "partly cloudy" supposed to mean?
When is it
not partly cloudy?
Even if it
is, or isn't,
does it really
matter? Does anyone really need
to be reminded
that it will
be partly cloudy tomorrow? As ambiguous as
the phrase is, they water it
down even more with the word
"chance." How useful is it
to know that
there's a chance it'll be partly cloudy
on any given
day (as opposed
to all those
other days when there isn't
a chance it'll be partly
cloudy)? Weather men use the phrase
"partly cloudy" as a buffer
every chance they get. Don't
believe me? Just tune into
a weather forecast. Chances are you'll hear
the phrase at least 3 or more
times.
When the use
of the phrase "partly cloudy" has been exhausted,
they turn to yet another
empty phrase, or the phrase "mostly sunny" in particular.
The inverse
of "partly cloudy" is "mostly sunny." So what new
information have they given us?
Nothing. Not a single thing.
You want to find out
the weather? Look out the window.
As for meteorology and other “weather” lores I think that, as it’s not a precise science but something that is based on guessworks.
And, truthly speaking, there are only two weather clues for me.
The first one means that whenever I take my
umbrella with me without noticing weather forecast the weather will inevitably
be fine and dry all day long.
And the second one is that if I listen to Madonna’s “Rain” it would be
stormy wind and rain several hours later. May be it’s fun, but it works!