A Forgotten Skill: Weather Prediction

[hawgrider]

As of right now, only extreme weather affects our daily lives, but in a doomsday scenario we would need to know the weather to properly adapt shelter, make sure our rain barrels are ready, or to know the right time to plant our seeds for the garden. In the event of a coming disaster you should have already purchased a solar charged or hand cranked radio equipped with NOAA. Ideally, this would provide a way for you to hear news from the outside world and let you know if a giant hurricane or tsunami is headed in your direction. Every good little prepper should have a back-up plan in the event the hand radio had to be used in defense against a hoard of zombies, or there is no one left to broadcast the weather and tell you the latest news (cue in eerie, dark music).

Believe it or not, humans have found ingenious ways to predict a coming weather event for centuries.
http://www.theprepperjournal.com/2013/02/28/a-forgotten-skill-weather-prediction/

[shootbrownelk]

The weathermen sure got that last east coast blizzard wrong. Cost the city & state of New York millions upon millions of dollars.
Shutting down all transportation, and threatening to arrest people not obeying curfew. What a colossal cluster!

[hawgrider]

The weathermen sure got that last east coast blizzard wrong. Cost the city & state of New York millions upon millions of dollars.
Shutting down all transportation, and threatening to arrest people not obeying curfew. What a colossal cluster!Yeah That was a blunder...... Cant help but think of the old Dylan song subterranean homesick blue with the lyrics " Don't need a weather man to tell which way the wind blows"

[MrsInor]

Forecasters are too dependent on their computer "models" now. I was a weather observer/forecaster assistant in the Air Force (a long, long time ago). One other thing to keep in mind is that large cities can cause weather anomalies. Especially if you are located on the east or southeast sides of a city. Most often the weather effect will be less than on the west side of the city. Large bodies of water (lake effect), mountains and valleys can also affect weather.

[MI.oldguy]

Reminds me of last night,on the weather channel they were saying wind gusts for our area 0,wind sw @12.......BS!....it was blowing like hell!....

[Innkeeper]

Reminds me of last night,on the weather channel they were saying wind gusts for our area 0,wind sw @12.......BS!....it was blowing like hell!....

It is Michigan they never get it right here and then always blame the Lakes.