Anyone remember the weather supercomputer that was introduced several decades ago? It was supposed to revolutionize weather forecasting and bring with it a level of accuracy only dreamt of in earlier days. The only problem was...that there was no discernible difference between the actual accuracy of the predictions made by the electronic brain and those gleaned from casting the bones or whatever else it was that weatherman did before. Both methods were lousy. Those guys didn't seem to look out the window then, and they haven't started doing so now.
The forecast for my area was for beautiful 18F temps, light winds (a rarity here) and clear skies. That forecast for my trip home held for my entire last week at the northern jobsite where I work; every day I checked and was promised a beautiful rotation home. Yesterday...the day of my flight...the forecast for home switched to near-freezing temps and an accumulation of 10-20cm of snow, supposedly starting last night and continuing throughout today. My heart was broken. If I wanted to endure crap like that I would have stayed at work.
I stepped off the plane yesterday evening at the airport close to home...into beautiful 18F weather. Lasted all night. As I type this, almost 7am, it's still beautiful, warm, sunny, birds singing. Huh?
Just checked the forecast. Clear, warm, sunny...not even a mention of the snow and cold they predicted yesterday. No explanations, no apologies...just more predictions, for as much as a week into the future. Come on guys...you can't even get it right for the next day. You're not just slightly inaccurate; you are totally, completely, hilariously wrong regarding the weather for the very next day.
Don't embarrass yourselves and insult us by pretending to know what it will be like next week.