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No. The news shows have weathermen so that they have a presentable face on the data they get from the NWS.
by jfrunyon 6y ago
No. The news shows have weathermen so that they have a presentable face on the data they get from the NWS.
- krapp 6y agoSome weather forecasters are just "presentable faces." But some are actual meteorologists who try to put effort into interpreting that data. I used to work at a tv station and the Actual Meteorologists were very particular about not being confused with the "weather people."
- jfrunyon 6y agoYes, you're right, I over-simplified. Many of them are (or have) meteorologists. To give the data itself a pretty face (interpretation). But that's not the primary reason that news stations hire "weather people". If it was, they would just contract out to some other company.