Weather Wrong?

[gary_580]

How can the current observation temperature be below the minimum temperature for the day?

[Bex]

because they always get the weather wrong?

[TheBlueRaja]

And that pretty much sums it up. NEXT!

:D

[danielf]

Because it is a different weather station?
It does say current neares observation, which has an asterisk.

it then says something like *Nearest weather station located at Lat: 41.8264, Long: -87.6412. Observed: 0600 GMT Mon 19/7/2004.

[Paul K]

Because it's the minimum forecast temperature? Where as the current temperature is actual? Well that's the only thing I can think of :confused: Then again it is the BBC/ Met office so accuracy is never guaranteed :p:

[gary_580]

Because it is a different weather station?
It does say current neares observation, which has an asterisk.

it then says something like *Nearest weather station located at Lat: 41.8264, Long: -87.6412. Observed: 0600 GMT Mon 19/7/2004.


anyone know where that actually is?

[Paul K]

Currently it's using a station in Georgia to give temperatures from.
Nearest weather station located at Lat: 33.7957, Long: -84.3491. Observed: 0600 GMT Mon 19/7/2004.
http://www.confluence.org/search.php

[gary_580]

so 67 miles by road from Atlanta to that weather station. So you would guess that the weather would be about the same.

Thats a pretty good site Paul

[danielf]

anyone know where that actually is?


Somewhere near chicago, as I was just checking the wheather there, and couldn't be bothered to get the actual location for atlanta (which is why I said 'something like') :)

[gary_580]

Somewhere near chicago, as I was just checking the wheather there, and couldn't be bothered to get the actual location for atlanta (which is why I said 'something like') :)


At a guess id say 700+ miles from Chicago

[Paul]

How can the current observation temperature be below the minimum temperature for the day?
The minimum temp is just what was predicted (forcast) - the actual temp is .. well just that - the current actual temp. This actual could also go higher than the predicted maximum. :)

[gary_580]

my point is that you would expect the predicted to be revised once the current temp was out of the predicted bounds?

[Gareth]

bah, the weather forecast's never right in any case ;)

[Paul K]

The minimum temp is just what was predicted (forcast) - the actual temp is .. well just that - the current actual temp. This actual could also go higher than the predicted maximum. :)
See, even Paul M agrees with me lol
As to that site, it's amazing what you can find on the internet ;)