Weather Prediction Quotes

I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.

Do you think it will rain? Milo: But I thought you were the Weather Man? No, I'm the Whether man, for it is more important to know whether there will be weather, whether than what the weather will be.

A snow yeare, a rich yeare.

Two thirds of federal disaster aid is weather related,and though we cannot prevent bad weather, we are getting better at predicting it. The Commerce Department's NDRI will help save lives and protect property. We will be working closely with FEMA, the Interior Department and other federal agencies, with state and local governments and with our nation's businesses.

One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance.

Not reassuring when weathermen say 'Today will be terrible but don't worry it won't be as terrible as tomorrow or Friday.

When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.

Meteorologists don't use a script, and most create their own graphics and certainly put together their own forecasts. Most of us went to school to become scientists - at least I did - and studied thermodynamics, physics, and tons of calculus to take this young science to the next level. Our accuracy is amazing and will only continue to improve.

The weatherman is not only blamed for his failure to foretell, he is blamed for the weather itself.

It's a pretty widely-accepted notion that the atmosphere is a ridiculously complex system, and the best we can do with our models is a rough approximation.

When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars.

I can look up in the air and see where the wind is gonna change direction.

In November you begin to know how long the winter will be.

The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.

So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so.

No Fridolf, bother all this learning. I can't study anymore because I must climb the mast to see what kind of weather we're going to have tomorrow.

There is no way that we can predict the weather six months ahead beyond giving the seasonal average.

The TV weatherman has always been one of the best, most secure jobs. They change anchors, they change the set, producers come and go. But the weather person hangs on forever!

Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rung the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way... well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!

Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise.

The first thing that I remember auditioning for was a weather commercial in Boston, and I got the job. The idea of the commercial was that you ought to watch the weather in the morning so that you know what's gonna come later in the day.

Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.