One thing I came to appreciate about growing up on the east coast was how much more accurate the forecasts were than they are in Southern California. The winds

One thing I came to appreciate about growing up on the east coast was how much more accurate the forecasts were than they are in Southern California. The winds pushing east, the expansive radar coverage over USA that's publicly available, and the commercial airlines collecting weather data means the storms and weather systems are well understood as they're coming over. Plus the storms make nice straight lines from north to south that push through. In Southern California the rain forecasts always seem off. Even right now, it's raining and the forecast told me it was just supposed to be a little cloudy.