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- harvinator24, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Check for clouds, dam i knew all the other ones involving high pressure zones and wind speed but not look for dark clouds.
Thank you internets. - TimmyGUNZ, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Judging by how off my local news stations have been this past week, maybe I should spend more time sniffing swamps.
- ernasty10050, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Another tip: Break your arm. Five years down the road it will hurt like a bitch every time there's a change in humidity :(
- SaxxonPike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8It's a trap! The basement diggers might get sunburn.
- therippa, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8It's Gon' Rain!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElPG1fzEUK4 - fooolio, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6...or you could look out the window.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5My grandpa has paranormal abilities where he can predict the weather. But sometimes he gets it wrong because the devil played tricks on him.
- CDoug03, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5just whip out your 20-sided die and roll. Hopefully you can still find your +2 amulet of sunshine with a light breeze.
- Lokomis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Red skies here just means the lights are still working properly in the neighboring cities :(
- Smight, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Even more accurate method: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Rock
- Sarawanan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3and what are the chances that this *possibly* won't work?
- andrewcsayer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The things you learn...
- crashflow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I would have kept the knee though.
- oriondarkwood, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I check the weather by sticking my wanker outside
- khyberkitsune, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The titanium rod in my leg works wonders for detecting storms. Too bad the signal is pain. :/
- GangsterCompute, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Most accurate prediction you can come up with is to say that the weather tomorrow is going to be the same as today's weather. Even when the prediction turns out wrong, it is still more likely to give the correct prediction than any other apparent methodology.
- Error601, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21) Stick head out
2) Head gets wet
3) It's raining - denkc, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Isn't predicting the weather the definition of a forecast? A weather forecast anyway.
- behlib99, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://corporate.discovery.com/news/press/07q3/weather07132007.html
- ldkronos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I take that back...it appears it does update the page without reloading. I never noticed that before.
- Darmichar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2You are obviously nowhere near Southern Illinois.
The motto here is "Don't like the weather? Just wait 30 minutes, it will change." - skytimelapse, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2This part is at least partly false, not what it means, but why:
"If you see a red sky during sunset (when you're looking to the west), there is a high pressure system with dry air that is stirring dust particles in the air, causing the sky to look red. Since prevailing front movements and jet streams weather usually move from west to east (see Tips), the dry air is heading towards you."
The sky is lit red during and particularly red after sunset when the sun is below the horizon and lights the clouds from a shallow angle below the clouds themselves. The fact that they are lit means there are no clouds up to 1500 miles between you and over the horizon. For a time every day the sun will be angled just right so as to light the clouds from below. - ldkronos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Check out Weather Underground: www.wunderground.com
Go to your city and click the link for Personal Weather Station. It's not exactly P2P, but the same basic effect. Reading are updated in realtime (though you have to reload the page) - Amoeba16, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Attention: all people who say "Don't like the weather around X? Wait half an hour!" should just shut up.
It isn't cute, and it isn't unique.
In fact, there are more places who claim this "slogan" as their own than there are places that don't. I repeat: this phenomenon is NOT specific to your little corner of Hell, but is in fact widespread. - Sagags, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Just get a rock on a string and hang it out your window
if its swaying then its windy
if its wet then its raining
if its warm when you touch it, it is sunny
it is foolproof and very very accurate - ldkronos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yes, I was going to point out the same thing. The arrangement of clouds as you described is actually a common predictor that there will be a red sunset. As a photographer, I use this method often...if it is approaching sunset and you see a bank of clouds but see it break off just before the horizon, then find a good place to photograph, and wait about 10-25 minutes after sunset. Theres a good chance you'll get some great colors.
I've also noticed on days where there tends to be lots of scattered showers throughout the day, but then it breaks up a few hours before sunset, that the sky also tends to turn red, pink, or orange. Perhaps this is due to the dust particles in the air. - Cerebral, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ok... I live in Tampa, FL so without taking any of the steps in this article I can tell you that it has already rained this morning and will probably rain around 3:00pm just like it does every day in the summer.
Decent article though. - Rileyper, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Who hasn't seen that at a truck stop gift shop
- br0ck, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Their advice to sniff for methane emissions from swamps will not actually work since methane is a colorless, orderless gas. The distinctive smell is added by the gas company.
- CaviMike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Squeeze your *****.
- br0ck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Actually, natural gas IS methane for the most part. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas
- rizla420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Does anyone know if there's a distributed p2p weather sensor network? Something along the lines of a few weather instruments connected to a computer that feed the sensor readings to a managed server. You'd have a distributed network of nodes feeding real time data and from there could create a more granualar approach to 'forecasting'. Basically giving amateur meteorologists a network of resources to draw their own conclusions based on the pressure/humidity/wind speed/direction.
I just see it as a quasi replacement for doppler. If you had a very dense amount of nodes spread across a region you could get some pretty accurate readings. Much more granual than what weather observatories stuck in one location have access to.
Anyone, i need some coffee. This article got me thinking about a possible project (assuming it doesnt exist). - arizonagroove, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1"Predict the Weather Without a Forecast"
That's either just a very poor choice of words or intended to have some sort of very deep meaning I can't comprehend.
Forecast:
v.tr.
1. To estimate or calculate in advance, especially to predict (weather conditions) by analysis of meteorological data. See synonyms at predict.
2. To serve as an advance indication of; foreshadow: price increases that forecast inflation.
v.intr.
To calculate or estimate something in advance; predict the future. - Nupeper, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1well its good to know others share my iGoogle taste....
- fkr3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1"Anyone know why this is."
Yes. It's either secret CIA weather-changing devices stickytaped onto the wings, or it's coincidence. - Flashman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Winter: colder
Summer: warmer
Duh. - AeonTorpor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I could say it won't rain today and i'd be right 329 days out of the year. Kinda easy, livin' in Phoenix.
- JazLive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I agree. This is the type of information that should return to "common sense" -- there had to be a way to determine rainy days before "The Weather Channel" or in fact television ;)
- Apoy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1how about the city inhabitants?
- Fr4nk2012, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I've noticed that on the days that jets leave very long lingering trails in the sky they kinda settle into a low cirrus looking cloud. Later it'll get alot cooler or drizzle alittle bit. Anyone know why this is.
- rizla420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Same goes for up here in the NorthEast. I've lived in the southeast and can say that of the entire east coast the NE has the most odd weather changes. It can drop 40 degrees in a matter of hours. Warm one day to blizzard the next. It's due to the jet stream hooking up right along the coast. A slight variation in its path by a few miles could determine whether its rain or snow.
- SpacemanSpiff, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1My gas company doesn't sell methane, just natural gas. Regardless, your point stands true.
- cdnbambam, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1about the same as the weather man "possibly" won't be right
- behlib99, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0http://www.wunderground.com/stationmaps/gmap.asp?zip=32935&wmo=99999&MR=1
- BannaEast, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2The weather stone:
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/459/2465/1600/Gary_sforecasting.1.jpg - GeoffOsborn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0I used to only trust my grandmother's arthritic knee...but now that she's passed away, I'm relying on the weather rock from now on!
- liquidhalcyon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0They should call it:
"How to be a Pirate Weatherman."
1)Guess.
2)Yarr. - CaviMike, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0*excluding the Australian outback*
- maatc, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0I still prefer the ancient Rock Method:
If the ROCK is WET...it is RAINING!
If the ROCK is MOVING...it is WINDY!
If the ROCK is HOT...it is SUNNY!
If the ROCK is COOL...it is OVERCAST!
If the ROCK is WHITE...it is SNOWING!
If the ROCK is BLUE...it is COLD!
Damn, Smight beat me to the finish line. Should have read first... - leontes, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2Ah, but you will still have a forecast after you think you know what's going to happen, it just will be your forecast.
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how to prepare food without a recipe
how to sing a song without music
how to write without language.
how to survive without a survival plan
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