Folks, Bill Amend has just jumped from Oct 1999 to June 2000. Obviously to avoid the holidays, and coincide with the start of summer vacation. (We went from Peter trying out for football to the girls arrival at start of summer break). This happens occasionally and takes me a few minutes to find the proper archived classic Sunday strip (in sequence). You can read all the weeks Bill skipped over in the archives.
The day before yesterday, my sister & I were finalizing our plans for yesterday (she was coming to my daughter’s graduation, then she & I were going to have lunch & visit our parents’ grave). She said that her weather app said that it was going to rain on Saturday; mine said that it was going to clear by 9:00am.
Check out the app from yr.no. It may not be quite as accurate as the one in the strip, but it will give you not only the weather/forecast for your city, but for the specific neighborhood you’re in.
Lately I check the weather map about every 2 hours. It changes that often. I also believe Cleveland, Ohio is in an eternal high pressure zone. Rain comes from the West, disappears, than reappears on the East. It happens often.
Horse hockey. As “accurate” as weather forecasts are their weather results would have been opposite of frame #2. Best case would have had only one of them correct. Weather Underground used to be the most accurate one going until they were bought out by The Weather Channel. Then they got to be as inaccurate as the rest.
Coincidentally, this week Windows 10 installed a weather forecast and indicator on the Task Bar. It’s neat, but can be distracting when I’m trying to concentrate.
A few years ago I was bicycling in Mount Rainier National Park, in the northwest corner where a road has washed out and the only way around is by bicycle. The only way to hike to the Carbon Glacier is to bicycle to the trailhead. I got towards the end of the road, and it was raining. As it got heavier I had to turn around, and it was bright and sun shining again. Going the other way were still families in shorts and short sleeve shirts. They had no idea what was ahead of them.
The technology may have improved but the forecasting is still terrible. In some areas the weather may be fairly predictable, but in my area the prediction is so inaccurate that I never bother to use it anymore, better to just look out the window.
I called my neighbor in Phoenix….It’s snowing in my backyard! It wasn’t snowing in hers fifty feet away. She came to my yard, and yes, it was snowing! Didn’t stick, but it snowed! Of course it is 113 out there today.
Our weather predictions are painfully easy any more: near-record to record heat, 0% of precipitation, winds 15-30mph. Although we did have a very few days where the wind stayed <10mph.
I have just returned from a forage into the wild and lawless land of the Big Nate Comment section. Nowhere else will you find a hive of such scummy, villainous scum and villainy. I have been scarred for the rest of my depression-shortened life. I have gathered enough strength to warn you, but now I perish … good bye
i like stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuufffffff over 3 years ago
i dont get it pls explain
onespiceybbw over 3 years ago
Nice of him to offer.
Kroykali over 3 years ago
Today’s classic Sunday strip we’re missing:
https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2000/06/11
Folks, Bill Amend has just jumped from Oct 1999 to June 2000. Obviously to avoid the holidays, and coincide with the start of summer vacation. (We went from Peter trying out for football to the girls arrival at start of summer break). This happens occasionally and takes me a few minutes to find the proper archived classic Sunday strip (in sequence). You can read all the weeks Bill skipped over in the archives.
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
don’t you just loathe scattered showers?
Rumball over 3 years ago
Welcome to Southern California!
InuYugiHakusho over 3 years ago
This is common in Northeastern Oklahoma, where I live.
Doug K over 3 years ago
There should be a rainbow (depending on where the sun is).
Look for the rainbow.
Nate England over 3 years ago
Doc Brown called it!
dadoctah over 3 years ago
Haven’t heard from Joe Btfsplk much lately.
littlejohn Premium Member over 3 years ago
A cool, (relatively), rain when it is 95º F or hotter can be rather refreshing.
Kroykali over 3 years ago
Actually it’s the neighbor’s rotating water sprinkler, but don’t tell her that.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 3 years ago
Had that happen in VA once. Raining in front yard, sunny in backyard. Weird.
Wren Fahel over 3 years ago
The day before yesterday, my sister & I were finalizing our plans for yesterday (she was coming to my daughter’s graduation, then she & I were going to have lunch & visit our parents’ grave). She said that her weather app said that it was going to rain on Saturday; mine said that it was going to clear by 9:00am.
Deezlebird over 3 years ago
I wonder what app they’re using, because mine don’t seem to be accurate at all.
Purple People Eater over 3 years ago
Check out the app from yr.no. It may not be quite as accurate as the one in the strip, but it will give you not only the weather/forecast for your city, but for the specific neighborhood you’re in.
Mando over 3 years ago
Peter knew which lawn chair to pick. Little did he know that the next weather forecast for him was LIGHTNING. DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN
Chithing Premium Member over 3 years ago
I’ve seen it do that in Florida. Sunny and hot where I was, pouring down rain across the street.
WilliamXue over 3 years ago
How come the weather forecast is broken.
donut reply over 3 years ago
Lately I check the weather map about every 2 hours. It changes that often. I also believe Cleveland, Ohio is in an eternal high pressure zone. Rain comes from the West, disappears, than reappears on the East. It happens often.
pdeason2 over 3 years ago
They must live in Florida for that has really happened here. It was raining at our next neighbors house but not ours.
clayusmcret Premium Member over 3 years ago
Horse hockey. As “accurate” as weather forecasts are their weather results would have been opposite of frame #2. Best case would have had only one of them correct. Weather Underground used to be the most accurate one going until they were bought out by The Weather Channel. Then they got to be as inaccurate as the rest.
Ermine Notyours over 3 years ago
Coincidentally, this week Windows 10 installed a weather forecast and indicator on the Task Bar. It’s neat, but can be distracting when I’m trying to concentrate.
A few years ago I was bicycling in Mount Rainier National Park, in the northwest corner where a road has washed out and the only way around is by bicycle. The only way to hike to the Carbon Glacier is to bicycle to the trailhead. I got towards the end of the road, and it was raining. As it got heavier I had to turn around, and it was bright and sun shining again. Going the other way were still families in shorts and short sleeve shirts. They had no idea what was ahead of them.
wolfboy oz boy over 3 years ago
yo
6turtle9 over 3 years ago
The technology may have improved but the forecasting is still terrible. In some areas the weather may be fairly predictable, but in my area the prediction is so inaccurate that I never bother to use it anymore, better to just look out the window.
WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago
50% chance of rain; 50% chance of sunshine?
kab2rb over 3 years ago
I have seen this happen, where I live, depends where the rain is on side of town.
darylr over 3 years ago
I don’t think that will help. He’ll just get wet. She’s the one that needs to scooch over.
sbwertz over 3 years ago
I called my neighbor in Phoenix….It’s snowing in my backyard! It wasn’t snowing in hers fifty feet away. She came to my yard, and yes, it was snowing! Didn’t stick, but it snowed! Of course it is 113 out there today.
KreekCraft over 3 years ago
Rain: Let’s rain on the idiots
Trscroggs over 3 years ago
I’d laugh, but I’ve seen this happen. It once rained and only half my deck got wet, with a perfectly straight line down the middle.
bryan42 over 3 years ago
Our weather predictions are painfully easy any more: near-record to record heat, 0% of precipitation, winds 15-30mph. Although we did have a very few days where the wind stayed <10mph.
Culer (super mega based fc barcelona fan of gc) over 3 years ago
yes, technology has gotten odd. Why? Well yesterday there was a thunder storm where I live, and my computer said it was 21oC and Sunny
Buckles over 3 years ago
Weird
SnyperKenobi over 3 years ago
I have just returned from a forage into the wild and lawless land of the Big Nate Comment section. Nowhere else will you find a hive of such scummy, villainous scum and villainy. I have been scarred for the rest of my depression-shortened life. I have gathered enough strength to warn you, but now I perish … good bye
SlothieBoi over 3 years ago
Ok, wow
TheChΩsenΩne almost 3 years ago
I know this is completely irrelevant, but I live in a place that doesn’t snow. It’s extremely hot here.