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Why Weather Forecasts Are More Accurate Than Ever
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Chuck Collins explains how technology has dramatically improved weather forecasting.
Why do weather forecasts sometimes miss the mark? Chuck Collins explains how forecasting has changed with better technology, more data and more meteorologists developing their own predictions. He also explains why shorter-range forecasts are more reliable than forecasts farther into the future.
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Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
Why Weather Forecasts Are More Accurate Than Ever
Clip: Season 7 Episode 2 | 1m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Why do weather forecasts sometimes miss the mark? Chuck Collins explains how forecasting has changed with better technology, more data and more meteorologists developing their own predictions. He also explains why shorter-range forecasts are more reliable than forecasts farther into the future.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipweathercasters, meteorologists get very excited when they see these models.
And you never know what Mother Nature is gonna throw at us.
But it's like, "How did they get it so wrong and they still have their jobs?"
Okay, do you hear that a lot?
- Yeah, If I had a dollar for every time I heard of that, I would have an island in the South Pacific all by myself and tropical drinks all day long because I'd have more money than I would imagine having.
But believe it or not though, it's improved so much dramatically with technology.
A three-day forecast is about 99% accurate.
Five-day, about 90%.
The farther you go out, it's more of a trend than a forecast.
So we're doing a lot better than we did because there's more than one forecast and more people forecasting.
Used to, as you know, Weather Service was the only forecast in town.
They put out the public weather service, the public forecast.
All of us had the same forecast.
If it was wrong, we were all wrong.
So I did my own forecasting, and most everybody else does their own forecasting.
So we, you know, disagree sometimes, but that's the challenge of it.
- So you've moved from the West Bluff over to East Peoria.
How Chuck Collins Found His Calling in Weather
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Clip: S7 Ep2 | 54s | Chuck Collins recalls how a radio career unexpectedly led him to television weather. (54s)
Why Severe Weather Demands a Meteorologist’s Full Attention
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Clip: S7 Ep2 | 1m 10s | Chuck Collins explains the intensity of covering severe weather in Central Illinois. (1m 10s)
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