Weather forecasts inaccurate?

Why have weather forecasts been so inaccurate lately? They predict a 70-80% chance of rain, and then it doesn't rain at all. Such miscalculations didn't even exist in the 1980s and earlier. What's going wrong?

Other countries also manage to predict the weather effortlessly with a very small error rate.

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ohwehohach
2 years ago

https://www.rnd.de/digital/wetter-apps-auf-smartphones-darum-ist-die-vorhersage-ungenau-W2GBCOJDZ3ICYLNKHRH67JVIFM.html

In particular, the pre-installed weather apps on smartphones are often inaccurate – the providers mainly use the data of the free American model, the Global Forecast System (GFS). Germany is scenic but much smaller than America. Therefore, weather apps that evaluate data according to the European (ECMWF) or German weather model (ICON) are more accurate in their resolutions and in the detection of regional differences.

It is therefore not only a question which computational model (or in the case of the DWD which models) is used, but also how to present the results. The DWD would never come around the corner with any alleged probabilities – because people are only confused.

People are already confused when it means that in some regions of the country there can be high temperatures of up to 40°C – from which it becomes: in all of Germany there will be 40 on this day.

ohwehohach
2 years ago
Reply to  Bananaphone0

thank you, but this is not a serious source for me

What’s one?

predict 70-80% for the next day, including either limitless dilettantism or just a large portion of trinity.

Where did you get the value? By Wetter.de?

And again: other countries create precise predictions. There’s something wrong with your answer.

The DWD also creates relatively precise predictions.

Luftkutscher
2 years ago

I’m sure you confused something. The forecasts have never been as accurate as today as the computing systems are becoming more and more efficient. As a pilot I use not only the forecasts of the flight weather advisers but also the various weather apps and so far the forecasts were always amazingly accurate.

Luftkutscher
2 years ago
Reply to  Bananaphone0

Well, then your friend is probably not long enough pilot to judge in detail.

Nussbecher
2 years ago

The percentages result from the fact that in the time of the weather recordings it rained on days with these weather conditions to 80%. Of course, there are still 20% left where it is not raining. There’s nothing wrong with that.

There is often a misunderstanding of the interpretations of the population.

Nussbecher
2 years ago
Reply to  Bananaphone0

Look at Mr. Kachelmann’s side, everything is miraculously explained. You should rethink your tone.

anonym200886
2 years ago
Reply to  Nussbecher

And why do they change often?

AlexausBue
2 years ago

Try to meet an exact weather forecast yourself.

agrabin
2 years ago

What do you expect?

!00% rain if the probability is 80%?

smily564
2 years ago

Just a prediction, but may not have to be.