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November 26, 1934
The Times News
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
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US Weather Bureau announces plans for improved forecasting by studying hot and cold air masses, aiming for 82% accuracy in three years, as reported from Washington on Nov. 26.
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EXPERTS LOOKING FORWARD TO BETTER WEATHER FORECASTS
By HARRY FERGUSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. (UP)—
The fellows who decide what the weather is going to be announced today they were going to reform and that in about three years they would be so good that when they said "fair and warmer" you could pack the picnic lunch and leave your raincoats at home.
You can't do that now, because the weather double-crosses the weather men at least once or twice a week. The United States weather bureau figures that if it can call the turn right 82 per cent of the time, it is doing swell.
The other 18 per cent represents the times you get caught in a flood without your rubbers.
Today the weather bureau came through with an explanation of the new technique which it will adopt. It was filled with phrases like "discontinuity, line," "polar front" and "wind shift."
But a kindly gentleman out there agreed to translate the whole business into English.
It developed that what the weather bureau meant was that it was going to make an intensive study of air and spend three years training men to be air experts. For this purpose they have divided air into two classes—hot and cold. It seems that for years hot and cold air have been meeting up in the clouds but they don't speak. Instead they collide and then nobody can tell what will happen. That is why a weather man who predicts fair and warmer looks out the window every now and then and prays.
By HARRY FERGUSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. (UP)—
The fellows who decide what the weather is going to be announced today they were going to reform and that in about three years they would be so good that when they said "fair and warmer" you could pack the picnic lunch and leave your raincoats at home.
You can't do that now, because the weather double-crosses the weather men at least once or twice a week. The United States weather bureau figures that if it can call the turn right 82 per cent of the time, it is doing swell.
The other 18 per cent represents the times you get caught in a flood without your rubbers.
Today the weather bureau came through with an explanation of the new technique which it will adopt. It was filled with phrases like "discontinuity, line," "polar front" and "wind shift."
But a kindly gentleman out there agreed to translate the whole business into English.
It developed that what the weather bureau meant was that it was going to make an intensive study of air and spend three years training men to be air experts. For this purpose they have divided air into two classes—hot and cold. It seems that for years hot and cold air have been meeting up in the clouds but they don't speak. Instead they collide and then nobody can tell what will happen. That is why a weather man who predicts fair and warmer looks out the window every now and then and prays.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Weather Forecasting
Air Masses
Meteorology
United States Weather Bureau
Prediction Accuracy
Where did it happen?
Washington
Story Details
Location
Washington
Event Date
Nov. 26
Story Details
The United States Weather Bureau announces a new technique for improving weather forecasts by intensively studying hot and cold air masses and training experts over three years, aiming to achieve 82% accuracy and reduce prediction errors.