Originally Posted by
Haraka
And a self deprecating sense of humour?
An Astrophysicist I worked with once pointed out to me that if you just predicted that today's weather would be the same as yesterday's, you would have an 80% chance of being correct.
Apparently a significantly higher percentage than that achieved by Meteorologists
Your astrophysicist was on another planet. If you are a British taxpayer, rejoice. You have the best Met. service in the world, forecasting for the most difficult. [Actually Falklands is worse].
My duties included an annual inspection of each office and a meeting with the station commander or OC Ops. At a time of cuts cuts cuts not one of them were willing to lose instant access to dedicated Met. We must have been doing something right, and progress since then [mid 1990s] has been staggering.
"When I'm right, no one remembers, when I'm wrong no one forgets"