No Fighting This Week!
(Thanks to Rob for the video link!)
I mean it. Yes, it’s true that Mike Morgan is calling for up to 10 inches of snow for Christmas. And yes, I’ll be disappointed if we just get ice or rain. And yes, anyone who has read this blog for any length of time knows about the “incident.”
But Mike and I are friends now. And if he gets it wrong again, well, it’s Christmas time. And if the Red Baron could stop hostilities with Snoopy during this very special time of year, surely we can as well.
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I can forgive Mike 36+ hours if he is predicting 6-10 inches for OKC since some of the weather models are predicting up to 21 inches for OKC. Anywhere from dry to 21 inches?! It’s obviously not an exact science. Now, by tonight they ought to be able to get pretty close. I’ll hold the local stations to their 6:00 and 10:00 forecasts. 
As someone who schedules employees almost exclusively based on local weather extended forecasts, and who can get in a real bind if the forecasts are way off, my rule of thumb is as follows: pay attention to the way the temp or windspeed or precip forecast TRENDS, not the numbers themselves. Ergo: the Wednesday forecast called for 90 degrees a couple of days ago and 60 degrees today, chances are it will be even BELOW 60.
If a forecaster several days ago called for possible snow tomorrow, and then yesterday changed it to 6″-10″, and today changes tomorrow’s forecast to 3″-6″, chances are there will be little or no snow at all. Not saying that’s what will happen in this case; just saying it seems to work that way more often than not.
Completely off topic but since an ability to leave comments in your Okc history blog does not exist, I’ll say it here: The piece you recently posted on NW 23rd development, part 1, was outstanding.
If you watch Mike, you gotta tune to TWC for the polar opposite of Mike. They always tend to predict on the light side. He just goes for ratings…