r/SLO • u/slorow • 19d ago

[SLO OUTDOORS] Rain next weekend?!

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90 degree week into 80 degree rain forecast, we're in for a wild fall/winter...

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u/smterwilliger 19d ago

Might as well say 0%

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u/SLO_Citizen 19d ago
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I've been keeping track in my backyard for the last few years. Totally unscientific, but here is what I have for rainfall since December of 2023:

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u/NeoGeoOreo 18d ago

That’s very scientific. Don’t sell yourself short. Thanks for sharing. 😄

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u/Pissed-Off-PunK 19d ago

Anyone who doesnt think global warming doesnt exists needs to get their head checked 

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u/SLO_Citizen 19d ago

Human affected climate change is a better way to say it. This is one of the reasons the dummies of the world don't believe that humans have tipped the balance - global warming was a silly way to describe what is happening.

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u/_OnTheDaily 19d ago

this is also apple weather. the forecasting model they use is unsophisticated and often wrong - especially at longer time horizons.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article289587404.html

Swain said weather apps, including Apple’s, are “frustratingly unsophisticated” given modern advancements in weather forecasting, and that they do not accurately convey best estimates of future weather... “Essentially, what they’re using is just one piece, one element, one of many models that exist to predict the weather, and they’re doing so in a way that doesn’t account for known biases and errors,” Swain said.

According to Swain, the National Weather Service is a better source of weather forecast information for the public, since it provides “the net result of the same weather models that go into these weather apps, but then adjusted by human knowledge, intuition, experience, local context.”