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Craig Koplien: Weather or NotWhy Didn't It Storm at My House?By Craig KoplienWe have entered the time of the year when you will often hear the words “scattered thunderstorms” in my forecasts. The most important word in that phrase is usually “scattered”.
From late spring through early fall, the weather systems that are most common in the Midwest often lead to storms that affect parts of our area, but not others. I’m sure you’ve experienced numerous days on which it rained where you work but not where you live.
I can tell you from experience that many people don’t always hear the word “scattered”. I’ve received countless calls from people over the years questioning my forecasting prowess when scattered storms were in the forecast but they didn’t occur at the caller’s residence. My response is to tell that caller that just because it didn’t rain where you were, it doesn’t mean it didn’t rain anywhere. That’s precisely what the word “scattered” is intended to convey: Some places will get them, some won’t.
The forecasts I issue need to be applicable to an over 5000 square mile portion of Southeast Wisconsin. We serve viewers from Milwaukee south to Kenosha, north to Sheboygan, and west to Jefferson. That’s a pretty sizable area, and certainly one large enough for many communities to get storms, and others to miss out, all on the same day.
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