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Old 10-24-2007, 12:12 PM
Skyway Scott
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Forecasts are entertaining, but not very accurate, especially more than 2 hours out or 2 miles away.
I just wake up and see what it's doing.

Last Saturday morning is a perfect example of this.
It was forecast for 5 to 10 out the West the night before.
Well, it blew 20 plus out of the NE for several hours the next morning at the SW.

Yesterday was a great day too.
SSE at 15 to 18 for a few hours at EB, building from noon and peaking at about 2:30, then dying out around 4pm, as SSE winds almost always do at EB.
The forecast was marginal, at best.

There is just too much area covered by a forecast zone and our local winds have too much variation from spot to spot. Even with larger scale events such as cold fronts, the wind can sometimes blow 25 up near CLW and only 13 down here. It's weird.

They are entertaining, but I wouldn't want to bet even a dollar on a professional forecast.
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