I also get the impression that the forcasts are getting worse. Sometimes I ask myself, why don't they just look out the window?
You make plans according to the reports, then the weather ends up just the opposite... really weird...
I read a report some years ago, that it has to do with the measuring of temps, etc. in the clouds via satelites instead of using weather balloons.... the balloons at least were actually in the clouds... the satelites are too far up. The temps are then matched to older forcasts and then interperlated (or whatever you call it), trying to match the data received with former weather conditions... I wish I had saved the article
Westy