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100% this. Weather has gone the way of news: sensationalized for clicks. The volume of 'severe weather' risks that turn out as nothing-burgers in the past 5 y

100% this. Weather has gone the way of news: sensationalized for clicks. The volume of 'severe weather' risks that turn out as nothing-burgers in the past 5 years is staggering (Southern Ontario, both winter and summer).

originalvichy 6y ago
I don’t know where you live but in Finland the weather forecasts have been a part of tabloid sexy news for a while. People are eager to hear if we will have an early summer or a late winter and so on. There might be a case for doom porn but for me it’s as common as celebrity news.
- LoSboccacc 6y ago
  here you can always get back to the aviation meteorological service for some actual forecast, but the general meteo news sound like bad fanzine, caps locks included: https://www.ilmeteo.it/ https://www.ilmeteo.it/
throwaway2245 6y ago
The Daily Express newspaper in the UK is quite famous for regularly having extreme weather on its front pages, and has been for as long as I can remember. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=daily+express+weather&atb=v81-1&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F7a%2F0f%2F0f%2F7a0f0f9f239afd797cc1dc94c5d2d8e6.jpg https://duckduckgo.com/?q=daily+express+weather&atb=v81-1&ia... I've just noticed they use Celsius to make it seem cold and still use Fahrenheit to make is seem hot. (Temperature in Fahrenheit has not been printed by the national weather forecaster since 1970). So, it's not really a new trend.
randlet 6y ago
In Canada I highly recommend weather.gc.ca which is way less sensational than other sources and has a nice speedy interface.
esarbe 6y ago
And yet the hottest 10 years in recorded history are 2009, 2005, 2013, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2019, 2016. Yeah. Nothingburger.
- DeBraid 6y ago
  > both winter and summer OP not a comment on long-term climate change, but a statement on how grossly inaccurate short-term forecasts are common (10-20cm of snow is most often 2-5cm, etc).

originalvichy 6y ago

I don’t know where you live but in Finland the weather forecasts have been a part of tabloid sexy news for a while. People are eager to hear if we will have an early summer or a late winter and so on. There might be a case for doom porn but for me it’s as common as celebrity news.

LoSboccacc 6y ago
here you can always get back to the aviation meteorological service for some actual forecast, but the general meteo news sound like bad fanzine, caps locks included: https://www.ilmeteo.it/ https://www.ilmeteo.it/

throwaway2245 6y ago

The Daily Express newspaper in the UK is quite famous for regularly having extreme weather on its front pages, and has been for as long as I can remember. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=daily+express+weather&atb=v81-1&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F7a%2F0f%2F0f%2F7a0f0f9f239afd797cc1dc94c5d2d8e6.jpg https://duckduckgo.com/?q=daily+express+weather&atb=v81-1&ia... I've just noticed they use Celsius to make it seem cold and still use Fahrenheit to make is seem hot. (Temperature in Fahrenheit has not been printed by the national weather forecaster since 1970). So, it's not really a new trend.

randlet 6y ago

In Canada I highly recommend weather.gc.ca which is way less sensational than other sources and has a nice speedy interface.

esarbe 6y ago

And yet the hottest 10 years in recorded history are 2009, 2005, 2013, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2019, 2016. Yeah. Nothingburger.

DeBraid 6y ago
> both winter and summer OP not a comment on long-term climate change, but a statement on how grossly inaccurate short-term forecasts are common (10-20cm of snow is most often 2-5cm, etc).