The storm that wasn't
from vocm.com:
"The fact of the overnight snowfall was considerably less than the 20 to 25 cms forecast yesterday. Meteorologist Jason Shepperd at the Gander Weather Office indicated it was difficult to guage the track of the storm. He says about 10 to 15 centimetres fell on the Avalon for the most part, a little more in some areas. He says the storm tracked a little more east than expected. The gusting winds in the forecast also failed to materialize."
I don't believe that because the weather report comes from Gander means it is going to anymore accurate than if it came from Montreal. The quote above proves that. I remember hearing last winter that there are places in the ocean without any weather sensors and when storms track over these areas they don't know what the storm is going to do. Maybe someone at Environment Canada should consider placing some sensors out there. Maybe then we'll get a more accurate forecast.
I never really cared if the weather was predicted from Gander or Montreal. No matter where the weather report comes from they both get their data from computers, weather equipment, and sensors in the ocean.
"The fact of the overnight snowfall was considerably less than the 20 to 25 cms forecast yesterday. Meteorologist Jason Shepperd at the Gander Weather Office indicated it was difficult to guage the track of the storm. He says about 10 to 15 centimetres fell on the Avalon for the most part, a little more in some areas. He says the storm tracked a little more east than expected. The gusting winds in the forecast also failed to materialize."
I don't believe that because the weather report comes from Gander means it is going to anymore accurate than if it came from Montreal. The quote above proves that. I remember hearing last winter that there are places in the ocean without any weather sensors and when storms track over these areas they don't know what the storm is going to do. Maybe someone at Environment Canada should consider placing some sensors out there. Maybe then we'll get a more accurate forecast.
I never really cared if the weather was predicted from Gander or Montreal. No matter where the weather report comes from they both get their data from computers, weather equipment, and sensors in the ocean.