And, lots of us do just that, making every radio station's forecasts almost identical: "Partly cloudy today, some clouds tonight and considerable cloudiness tomorrow."
What the heck am I supposed to do with that info?
Then there's Canada: "a mix of sun and cloud." Now, there's a forecast that has to be 100% correct at least 12 hours every day!
- Please, people, read those formal and official weather predictions from your government officials and carefully understand what they mean to your listener in the next few hours.
- Put the written forecast away and tell me in your own words - as few words as possible - what I need to do about what the meteorologists are saying is going to happen out there.
- Unless there's a major weather emergency, brief and clear is better. I can boot up my computer and get to weather.com before the meteorologist gets it out.
One sign that you're doing weather correctly: it should take about six seconds versus the 30 or more the average personality (and, I do mean "average" in the worst possible way) takes to do it.
2 comments:
Tony Hayes
Good one Jaye. The thing that drives me crazy is when I hear a jock say something like "currently OUTSIDE it's...." Outside? Really, hello!
Tim Day
Guilty. But not since I said 'mix of sun and cloud' while my PD was standing in the control at the time. ya, that was dumb.
Audra Briner
Funny, Jaye!! :-)
Buzz Jackson
When I worked in Orlando I was leaving the station when a guy on a country station in a nearby market came on and read the entire National Weather Service thunderstorm warning. The whole thing. Verbatim. As in, "the watch area is north of a line 10 miles south of Lakeland to 30 miles south of Deland, and south of a line 15 miles north of Crystal River to Flagler Beach...."
Bob McNeill
I call it "people speak".
I agree 100%!
Most often, shorter = better.
No need to say, "Sunny skies" since, a) sky is singular and ii) what else is going to be sunny? The ground?
I also dislike "currently." I would hope you aren't giving me old temps.
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