What your weather-predicting folks say, and what they really mean. Why do we even bother?
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Late Frost Warning: I think it’s funny to see people tuck their azaleas in at night!
Here’s a look at the Doppler: Swirly, colorful pictures make me look wise. Like Gandalf.
Maps are so pretty! Studies show that just by presenting a map, my IQ has gone up 15 points in your eyes. You are not supposed to notice that I was too lazy to draw the individual states.
High Today: I might be.
Partly Sunny/ Partly Cloudy: Depends on my mood. If I’m glum, you get partly cloudy. If I have a date with a model after work, the world is partly sunny.
Seven Day Forecast: I’ve been playing with my Magic Eight Ball.
Heat Advisory: It might actually snow.
Slight chance of showers: Build an ark.
GingerSnaap
May 10, 2012 at 9:12 am
I wanna be High Today
I guess I’ll just be high on life!
becomingcliche
May 10, 2012 at 9:13 am
Maybe that’s the reason people become meteorologists.
meizac
May 10, 2012 at 9:12 am
I’m mostly cloudy today, but I think I’m going to go make bread, so I should be mostly sunny later today.
becomingcliche
May 10, 2012 at 9:13 am
You’d be a great weather-girl!
MJ, Nonstepmom
May 10, 2012 at 11:29 am
I’ve been trying to figure out the difference between “partly cloudy” and “partly sunny” forever ….I dont get it….is there like a half-way point where the scale tips ?
meizac
May 10, 2012 at 11:36 am
51%
Stephen
May 10, 2012 at 9:26 am
It’s true- I think the whole reason meteorologists stand in front of the green-screen and do their map magic thing instead of just saying, “It’s going to rain tomorrow,” is to brainwash us into believing them. Bunch of tricksters.
becomingcliche
May 10, 2012 at 9:39 am
It’s a game. They’re all back-stage saying “Let’s see how long they believe us!”
The Waiting
May 10, 2012 at 9:26 am
It’s good to know that if I decide to watch The Jersey Shore, all I have to do is look at a map right afterward and my IQ will be stablized.
becomingcliche
May 10, 2012 at 9:38 am
That’s right. Maps make you smarter. That’s why my bedspread has a Marauder’s Map on it. I get smarter in my sleep!
Animalcouriers
May 10, 2012 at 9:35 am
Oh yes, and if you want the weather, look out of the window!
becomingcliche
May 10, 2012 at 9:38 am
That is our current method. Check the window and the Dojo loach.
Teresa Cleveland Wendel
May 10, 2012 at 11:45 am
I never make a decision without consulting my Magic Eight Ball first.
) And I put a lot of stock in what that little slip of paper inside my fortune cookie says.
becomingcliche
May 10, 2012 at 11:48 am
You are totally cut out for meteorology. I think it’s actually one of the classes at Hogwarts.
My Perfect Weather
May 10, 2012 at 11:59 am
Very funny!
Balsillie & Associates
May 10, 2012 at 12:05 pm
but have you ever noticed that there is a strange ocean to the north of the USA on some maps? That is really Canada
becomingcliche
May 10, 2012 at 12:10 pm
I love the maps of the UK that move London 200 miles north, too. But as far as the US is concerned, the world ends at the borders.
Balsillie & Associates
May 10, 2012 at 12:23 pm
HA – that’s one small world lol
benzeknees
May 13, 2012 at 12:47 pm
We get weather in Canada too you know! And we have meteorologists.
notquiteold
May 10, 2012 at 4:43 pm
I think meteorologist is the best job in the world. You can be wrong every day, and you still get to keep your job. Everybody EXPECTS you to be wrong. No pressure.
ceciliag
May 10, 2012 at 9:38 pm
It is true about americans and geography, (responding to your comments as usual.. great map tho.. i got it!) i used to tell people that at low tide NZers walked across the flats to go to the pubs in Aussie for a drink, as long as you were quick you did not drown on the way home.. I am ashamed to say that many people out here on the Midwest (having never seen the sea poor darlings) nodded and said Really! or possibly they thought I was bonkers and were being kind! (laughter!) c
Angie Z.
May 10, 2012 at 9:48 pm
This was brilliant. I think it might have something to do with the map you just posted.
lostnchina
May 11, 2012 at 2:20 am
You know, at first glance I thought the map was a baseball (with the stitches, etc.) You could re-use photo for post about baseball?