tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post5740744485453083478..comments2024-03-28T22:44:04.754-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: The Weather Service showed 50% chance of rain;Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-74970796236329202172012-07-10T16:56:23.162-07:002012-07-10T16:56:23.162-07:00And yet they claim to know what the weather will b...And yet they claim to know what the weather will be like 50 years from now...BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-4241243364843418232012-07-10T15:47:49.225-07:002012-07-10T15:47:49.225-07:0040% chance of rain means that they expect 40% of t...40% chance of rain means that they expect 40% of the <i>forecast area</i> to get measurable rain.<br /><br />Not a 40% chance of <i>you</i> getting rained on vs. 60% chance of no rain for <i>you</i>.<br /><br />(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_of_precipitation" rel="nofollow">Thusly</a>.)Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.com