Last Thursday, during a daylong conversation about weather and climate on WCCO Radio, Chad Hartman asked a very good question. "Do consumers have legitimate grievances about how meteorologists do their jobs?" Where do I begin?
As a profession, we often over-predict snow. Why? One nagging fear is predicting flurries, only to wake up to a foot of flurries. So we compensate. There is a Twin Cities bias with the 7-Day, since most Minnesotans live near MSP. Smartphone apps can offer up specifics for your weather bubble. And we can always do a better job choosing words that better describe what we think may happen. Rain means something different from showers. Communicating weather is nearly as challenging as trying to predict it.
A light shower is possible today. Temperatures and dew points creep up as the week goes on; more numerous T-storms Wednesday into Friday.
Sunday and Monday still look sunny and dry for outdoor plans, with highs in the low 80s. Not bad for a holiday.
