Re: Weather guys and gals

[Ron Bello <RBello@BelloAssoc.com>]

At 09:24 PM 8/27/03 -0400, Dan Billings wrote:
>Does anyone notice much difference between the forecasts of different
>weather people?  It would make a good article to compare the various
>channels over a period of time.  It seems to me that they all rely on the
>National Weather Service for most of their forecast and only make small
>changes.
>
>-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine

A while back The Boston Globe ran an examination of the accuracy of
Boston's TV meteorologists.  They picked a week and rated 6 or 7 of the locals.
IIRC they ranged from 35 to over 70 percent accurate.  Harvey won.