Bad Timing For Holiday Rain
One question I sometimes get asked by school kids…”do you ever mess up a forecast?” Well, I tell them that even though we are right most of the time…no one is perfect. That definitely came home to roost Friday night on the 4th of July.
Earlier in the day, I worked and forecast a chance of storms after midnight; but I stressed that the evening should be dry.
As my family sat out on our deck enjoying our 4th of July dinner, my mother-in-law thought she felt a rain drop. As I was downing a baby back rib, I let her know that it couldn’t be, because it was only 8:15 and it wasn’t supposed to rain until after midnight. (I hadn’t checked any radar.) Well after everyone went in, I saw the clouds and could tell that it must be midnight somewhere, because here comes a downpour. Everyone and everything got inside before the rain; and I was the butt of some jokes from my family.
But this is why I love my job, because the weather is always changing (sometimes moving much faster than predicted) and everyday is a new and exciting challenge.
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