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29 December 2012
Ten Things You Should Know About Weather Forecasts
Among those of us who forecast the weather for a living, one of the most frustrating complaints is a call or email asking why you busted the forecast. Imagine how much more frustrating it is when you actually hit it spot on! Let me start by saying that if a viewer mistakenly believes that I blew the forecast, then a large part of the blame should fall on me! I’ve long heard …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.