Why weather forecasters still struggle to get the big storms right
April 6, 2018 by Jeffrey B. Halverson, The Conversation
It was March 2017, and a winter storm named Stella promised to deliver up to a foot and a half of snow to New York City and parts of New Jersey. Officials pushed out blizzard warnings, suggesting the city was under imminent snowy siege.
But only 7 inches fell. Then-Gov. Chris Christie blasted forecasters. "I don't know how much we should be paying these weather guys," he said. "I've had my fill of the National Weather Service after seven and a half years."
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