“Two Frequently Asked Questions”
By Gannon Medwick
Monday, July 30, 2007
I’ve found that the two most frequently asked morning weather questions are “Will it rain today?” and “What will the high temperature be?” Today’s answers are “Yes.” and “88.” Though the questions and answers may seem unrelated, they’re actually highly dependent on one another.
Because I expect showers and thunderstorms to become widespread early this afternoon, I don’t expect temperatures to climb after that time. I foresee temperatures in the upper 80s early this afternoon, so I’ve made 88 my 3-Degree Guarantee forecast high. Summertime temperatures are extremely dependent on rainfall patterns. For my temperature forecast of 88 to work out, I will need showers and thunderstorms to become widespread around the early afternoon. If storms develop too early, temperatures may be held down. If they develop too late, temperatures may get a chance to climb higher than my forecast. Fingers are crossed…
You can track showers and thunderstorms with Live VIPIR 9 here at wnct.com (keyword: VIPIR). Tomorrow morning, you can come here or tune to Channel 9 to see if I reached my 3-Degree Guarantee high of 88.
Feel free to respond to this blog! I look forward to reading your comments.
Take care,
Gannon
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