Environment
Why Are Government Weather Forecasts So Shouty?
They’re one of the best products put out by the NWS. But they have A CERTAIN STYLE.
PERHAPS AS THIS WEEK’S HISTORIC STORM HAS LOOMED OVER YOUR REGION … YOU’VE TURNED TO FORECAST DISCUSSIONS … LOOKING FOR WISDOM … CONTEXT … AND CLARITY.
FORECAST DISCUSSIONS ARE ONE OF THE MOST HELPFUL TOOLS THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCES. WRITTEN TWICE A DAY BY GOVERNMENT METEOROLOGISTS THEMSELVES … THEY SAY WHICH MEASUREMENTS ARE IMPORTANT AND WHICH MODELS TO TRUST.