Darned Weather Channel

[Joey]

Got up at 5 a.m. to do some salmon fishing, threw on the Weather Channel and it showed thunderstorms all day so we decided not to go.

 

We had a light sprinkle of rain and now its sunny

 

Anyone else cancel their plans today due to the weatherman? Did ANYBODY get thunderstorms yet?

 

I feel duped

 

Joey

[Spiel]

It's been looking like it could rain here at any moment all morning in Hamilton Joey and the winds are quite strong.

You're likely better off not being on the big lake this morning. Hope that helps.

[Joey]

It does Chris, thanks hon

[Jer]

It's been raining here most of the morning...no thunder though.

[Spiel]

A quick check of the marine forecast shows Lake O, Lake Erie and Lake Huron (Georgian Bay) and Simcoe to be under strong wind warnings.

[aniceguy]

got as far as the timmies above vaughn had a bagel and turned back home...

[Joey]

Well I spose its better to be sitting here than to be caught out there in a wind/thunderstorm. Guess we made the right choice then. Its just that there's no wind here and its nice out, I was a bit miffed!! Guess plan B is in order - To the Mall

 

Joey

[Terry]

well

we only had about 20 hours all week that it didn't rain and had many hours of thunderstorms too

[Bob]

Wife and I were walking through the mall a couple days ago, holding hands as usual, when a friend stopped us and asked, "How come I always see you two holding hands all the time? Aren't you a little old for that?" I said, "Yeah, maybe, but if I let go of her, she shops!"

[Joey]

Wife and I were walking through the mall a couple days ago, holding hands as usual, when a friend stopped us and asked, "How come I always see you two holding hands all the time? Aren't you a little old for that?" I said, "Yeah, maybe, but if I let go of her, she shops!"

 

 

That's why I leave Paul at home when I go to the mall Bob

[LefroyFisherman]

Weather channel kinda screwed me too, they just said a little bit of rain this morning, then t-storms in the afternoon. Went out onto Cooks Bay at 7am, was already raining quite a bit, got off at 9:30am still hadn't stop raining. Decent day though between the two of us caught 3 pike, one over 30"

[Jewelbee]

Last week Mon when Rick and I went out with Tony, they were calling for high winds and iffy weather. We took our chances and it was beautiful! Just can't count on anything when the humidity is so high. Sorry you missed out on your day!

[Guest gbfisher]

We didnt listen to the weather network and went to Bluffers for the morning. Had some rains but nothing that got anyone wet. Didnt bother the fish any. Got one just over 30 and a bunch of others. Off the water by 1 pm.

The wind they reported didnt show until after we left.

[lew]

I drove down to Toronto and back today Joey and went thru alot of very heavy rain, specially up this way. Infact going across the Chemong Causeway about 11:00 I could hardly see across the lake.

 

Saw a couple guys motoring in to the boat ramp and they looked like a pair of drowned ducks, but then again, they probably caught more fish today than I did

[glen]

I out fished alot of people today. It was wet though.

[cram]

www.accuweather.com/canada

 

I find its better than weathernetwork, and gives you an hour by hour breakdown of the likelihood of rain.

[anders]

they havent been right in this area for some time now...our wedding weekend called for rain and tunderstorms all weekend..and it was sunny...i just start ignoring it.

[MJL]

i just start ignoring it.

 

Ditto…For me I step outside, look around and gauge my forecast that way. I get the same forecast as the Weather Network and it’s more up to date and in real time

 

Over the years I’ve learned that:

 

If the weather guy/gal can’t correctly predict the right forecast for the next 2-3hrs (which more often than not they don’t), what hope does he/she have trying to predict weather 3-5 days from now?

 

If the P.O.P percentage is anything other than 0% or 100%, it’s really their way of saying, “your guess is as good as ours.” A lot of the time they still get it wrong when it is 0% and 100% probability.

 

I gave up on looking at long range forecasts in exchange for common sense, observation and a good set of gore-tex jacket/pants along with a fleece jacket when it might get cold.

[Roy]

Ditto…For me I step outside, look around and gauge my forecast that way. I get the same forecast as the Weather Network and it's more up to date and in real time

 

Over the years I've learned that:

 

If the weather guy/gal can't correctly predict the right forecast for the next 2-3hrs (which more often than not they don't), what hope does he/she have trying to predict weather 3-5 days from now?

 

If the P.O.P percentage is anything other than 0% or 100%, it's really their way of saying, "your guess is as good as ours." A lot of the time they still get it wrong when it is 0% and 100% probability.

 

I gave up on looking at long range forecasts in exchange for common sense, observation and a good set of gore-tex jacket/pants along with a fleece jacket when it might get cold.

 

I don't know who your parents are Mike, but you have a good head on your shoulders.