Tired of Tassy tantrums?
Sorry, don’t see what the Tassy fuss is about; its not as if the local weather man gets up every morning and checks to see which way the frogs are pointing; or, how high up the tree the ants are climbing; or even which way his hair is blowing; or ,his Grand-mama’s knees ache to evaluate the weather conditions. Early warning of the ‘big’ events, such as typhoons, angry cold fronts, rain periods and prolonged dry spells, high fire risk conditions etc. or any other event which can damage or disrupt is now a high tech science and, bless ‘em the BoM mostly get it right, near enough. Aviation forecasts have long been treated with suspicion by wise pilots, the percentages and margins built in are quite large, they have to be and if the BoM err on the side of caution, well that’s better than being surprised at Norfolk Island or Mildura.
The majority of folk just want to know what the day will bring, hot, cold, wet, windy etc. Watch any commercial channel or listen to the local radio – a 10 second mention, maybe some wannabe pointing at a chart for 30 seconds (ABC excepted) – jacket or T shirt – decisions pending. But for folk like fishermen, farmers, fire managers, pilots, construction crews etc, etc, there is a very real need for accurate forecast – as nice as science can manage and this costs money. For example, we are all quite used to satellite images now, a remarkable, albeit expensive achievement, taken for granted.
There is no more need for a unique forecast base in Tassy than there is in Temora. There is however a need to refine and improve the percentage error factor in critical weather forecasts for folks who really depend on them. If consolidating forecasting services saves a few bob, which is to be spent on improving the accuracy then so be it.
Toot – toot.
Sorry, don’t see what the Tassy fuss is about; its not as if the local weather man gets up every morning and checks to see which way the frogs are pointing; or, how high up the tree the ants are climbing; or even which way his hair is blowing; or ,his Grand-mama’s knees ache to evaluate the weather conditions. Early warning of the ‘big’ events, such as typhoons, angry cold fronts, rain periods and prolonged dry spells, high fire risk conditions etc. or any other event which can damage or disrupt is now a high tech science and, bless ‘em the BoM mostly get it right, near enough. Aviation forecasts have long been treated with suspicion by wise pilots, the percentages and margins built in are quite large, they have to be and if the BoM err on the side of caution, well that’s better than being surprised at Norfolk Island or Mildura.
The majority of folk just want to know what the day will bring, hot, cold, wet, windy etc. Watch any commercial channel or listen to the local radio – a 10 second mention, maybe some wannabe pointing at a chart for 30 seconds (ABC excepted) – jacket or T shirt – decisions pending. But for folk like fishermen, farmers, fire managers, pilots, construction crews etc, etc, there is a very real need for accurate forecast – as nice as science can manage and this costs money. For example, we are all quite used to satellite images now, a remarkable, albeit expensive achievement, taken for granted.
There is no more need for a unique forecast base in Tassy than there is in Temora. There is however a need to refine and improve the percentage error factor in critical weather forecasts for folks who really depend on them. If consolidating forecasting services saves a few bob, which is to be spent on improving the accuracy then so be it.
Toot – toot.