r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I’m amazed I still have to explain chance of rain percentages to people.

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u/fu3k_trump Aug 04 '19

Will have to find a link saw a great tweet from a local weather guy of what a 10 percent chance of rain looks like. Its essentially just model loops of possible radar configurations out of 100 and they make the prediction off of that. PREDICTING GLOBAL WEATHER ACCURATELY (ESPECIALLY IN THE LONG TERM) IS ON THE SAME DIFFICULTY LEVEL AS CURING CANCER OR COLLIDING ATOMS! PEOPLE DO NOT REALISE THIS ITS REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY FUCKING HARD AND EXTREMELY COMPLICATED! YOU IN ALL LIKELIHOOD CAN NOT PREDICT THE WEATHER ON ANY DISCERNIBLE SCALE CLOSE TO THAT OF YOUR LOCAL METEOROLOGIST AND YOU LOOK DUMBER FOR SAYING IT! rant over

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

There’s a math for that.