When a meteorologist is discussing past weather he is a scientist. When he is discussing future weather he is a fortune teller reading tea leaves.
They can always use the magic word AMENDED and issue another forecast if they make a mistake or things turn out differently.
I've been caught out by fog at MEL, I delayed my departure to get the latest TTF one night. Five minutes later I was taxiing with required fuel as there was no alternate requirement. Arrived with a 200' cloud base, reducing vis, aircraft ahead had gone around and nowhere else to go. Steam driven turboprop so forget auto land. I flew the most accurate ILS approach of my career, saw a couple of touch down zone lights at the last second and landed. The tower called to see if I had vacated the runway because the visibility was so bad.:hmm
Last edited by Metro man; 20th Jun 2013 at 04:35.