Well, i'm glad I don't rely on weather forecast anymore.....

[95gAtl]

I have THREE different weather apps on my phone and they all have different forecasts for the SAME locations. Not to mention many times they are not even close to reality.

My job is outside, so I rely on forecasts. I cannot work in the mud, I cannot work in the rain, I cannot work when it is wet.

Last year, the weather folks said, small storm, up to 1/2". The next morning I woke up to flooding everything with a storm of 6" of rainfall. That was the worst, but it seems like almost every storm they are really off.

This week. Tuesday-Thursday predicted a total of 3 ish inches of rain from the storms.
Until this AM, we have 0.6" I could have worked for "two" 1/2 days easily due to the lack of any rain.
This morning I see they predict 0.15" of rain for the entire day with 56% chance (only suppose to rain this morning until 10). Dropped my son off of school at 8:20 and it started pouring. It has NOT stopped as of yet. Guarantee we have had 0.75" so far based on the puddles in my yard and nonstop heavy rain. And it hasn't let up one bit as of now 8:59am. Heck I was planning on getting some rock and soil/sod for a job at 11 am. That will NOT happen now.

I know weather is tough, weather is unpredictable, weather changes, but come on guys. It seems like when I was younger they were pretty darn accurate. It is only gotten worse.
With all the technology, you would think, just maybe they could come close?

Thanks for listening.

PS: I should have been a weather guy lol

 

[BIGLEW]

That's got to be tough. Unfortunately, in my profession, when it rains I get more busy. LOL

 

[95gAtl]

That's got to be tough. Unfortunately, in my profession, when it rains I get more busy. LOL

oh mine too. Residential erosion and drainage. Every time we get heavy rain my phone rings....!
but we cannot work in the rain, wet, etc., because it tears up the yards, plants, etc.
We slip, slide and can get injured too with wet clay.

It just makes it hard to plan the day when the forecast is vastly incorrect about half of the time and only has gotten worse.

When 20% rain is predicted we plan to work. Seems like most of the times it will rain 1/4" inch at 20% chance and we need to stop what we are doing and leave. Other times 80% chance and it turns out sunny and nice.
It's just so frustrating.
Thanks for listening

I know the forecast and weather are unpredictable.....but the technology should help and at least be more accurate than what it is.

 

[GAGunguy]

We have been waiting a year for our landscaping guy to get to our project, I feel your pain.

 

[BIGLEW]

oh mine too. Residential erosion and drainage. Every time we get heavy rain my phone rings....!
but we cannot work in the rain, wet, etc., because it tears up the yards, plants, etc.
We slip, slide and can get injured too with wet clay.

It just makes it hard to plan the day when the forecast is vastly incorrect about half of the time and only has gotten worse.

When 20% rain is predicted we plan to work. Seems like most of the times it will rain 1/4" inch at 20% chance and we need to stop what we are doing and leave. Other times 80% chance and it turns out sunny and nice.
It's just so frustrating.
Thanks for listening

The high school I am at is currently building a new stadium, and they are WAY behind due to weather. What makes it worse though is they are WAY behind on building the new parking lot for the students and we are down to one exit instead of two. Makes directing traffic at dismissal, interesting, to say the least. But yeah, I get what you are saying. Getting on a site and have to pack up is just as bad and not working when it is pretty out.

 

[95gAtl]

We have been waiting a year for our landscaping guy to get to our project, I feel your pain.

YUP.....!
The landscaper guys can do a little more than me when it comes to working when wet.
I can't risk digging a trench, installing pipe, etc., if there is a chance for any decent rain. If I do dig the trench, the mud, erosion and runoff makes a HUGE mess and I spend well over double/triple the time correcting it. Not to mention it just tears up everything and mud everywhere.

 

[John5757]

I should have been a meteorologist, only job you can be wrong 50% of the time and still have a job. Damit!

 

[Old_School]

Most of the phone apps are robo-forecasts with no human interpretation. Of course, we all rely on them since we live in such a connected society. A human weather forecaster is worth their weight in gold (assuming they know their craft).

 

[Cadcom]

It almost seems like the weather forecasting has tried to move into the "BREAKING" and/or "SHOCKING" style of reporting now. Just give me the facts and Ill decide if I need to build an Ark or not. Stop going all crazy with the whatif BS.

 

[Mirvin 264]

It's ALWAYS a 50% chance of rain every day, either it will or it won't..........