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Article #22436Re: Rain
From: James N. Price
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1992 22:15
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1992 22:15
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In article <kpis7tINN24m@agate.berkeley.edu> jbuck@forney.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck) writes: > >Ah, but that doesn't mean they were wrong! They said there was a 70% >chance of rain, which means 30% chance of no rain, right? If it rained >every time they said "70% chance of rain", there'd be something wrong >with the forecasting. > I lived on the E. Coast for a year a while back. It seemed that when their weather folks said "70% chance of rain" it meant "it will be raining 70% of the time." It seems here in good ol' S. Calif. that the only time rain can be correctly predicted if it's raining right now! --Jim
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,e67c709e18588222 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-02-12 14:45:38 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!cod!price From: price@cod.NOSC.MIL (James N. Price) Newsgroups: ca.general Subject: Re: Rain Message-ID: <3636@cod.NOSC.MIL> Date: 12 Feb 92 22:15:54 GMT References: <1992Feb12.025047.8915@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> <3635@cod.NOSC.MIL> <kpis7tINN24m@agate.berkeley.edu> Distribution: ca Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego Lines: 14