GUESSER GETS WEATHER RIGHT (Feb, 1932)
Filed under: Useless Tech — @ 9:32 am
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1932
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1932
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So, basically they are saying that long term weather prediction methodology is so bad that randomly guessing works better?
GUESSER GETS WEATHER RIGHT
While day-to-day weather forecasting enjoys reasonable accuracy, meteorologists have still to work out a basis for long-range prophecies. Nevertheless, Dr. C. F. Marvin, head of the U. S. Weather Bureau, is experimenting with a “scientific guesser.” Small balls are marked for a certain kind of weather. The balls are thoroughly mixed and poured into troughs. Their sequence, depending solely upon laws of chance, has proved strikingly similar to actual weather records.
they are saying it’s just the same…
Comment by galessa — April 18, 2007 @ 6:46 am
Amazing, seventy five years later they are still guess about the weather predictions , they are just using faster instruments. (Guessing about the weather… except for global warming, they know that is going to happen in ten years.)
Comment by Mike — July 19, 2008 @ 3:03 pm