Thursday, June 7, 2012

VIDEO: SATURDAY STORMS, BUT OVERALL WARM, DRY WEEKEND




PREDICTABILITY OF FORECAST PREIOD through Saturday evening---Medium

Sunday through Wednesday---Remaining High


"weather overview" terms to help kick the point-and-click:

PREDICTABILITY OF FORECAST PERIODS
HIGH- most credible sources are in excellent agreement
MEDIUM: most credible sources are in fairly good agreement, with some differences
LOW: widespread differences in forecasts, AND overall low confidence from NWS Upton office

Risk of a shower/thunderstorm-probability of a shower is low. Most of the forecast period will be dry.

Numerous (heavy can be inserted) Showers/thunderstorms- probability of showers is high, and could happen multiple times during the given forecast period. Constant rain is not expected

Rainy conditions-intermittent precip; rain can vary in duration, but usually will last more than an hour. Light to moderate intensity. Less than an inch expected during the forecast period.

Heavy Rain-soaking, constant rainfall for at least an hour (duration can be much longer); amounts over a half an inch. 

Light snow-very light snowfall. Little to no accumulation. Duration depends. 

Snowy conditions-intermittent snow can last more than an hour at a time, but generally average less than 3 inches total.

Heavy Snow-heavy snowfall. Snowfall of at least 3 hours in duration. Totals can be added in

Drizzle-constant drizzle

Occasional Drizzle-intermittent drizzle

2 comments:

  1. Oh, love the neighsayer whinny spin for the Belmont. My horse Dullahan does not want to run in mud (even though he is Irish) I think the Lion was also invoked in the broadcast. Two animals, nice.
    Thanks for the news and the wit.

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  2. on second viewing, I see the famous weather cat, Nado, in the background...very cool

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