How much actual work do local TV meteorologists in the US put into their forecasts?

My local Chief met is pretty good to make her own forecast. But the mets from around D.C seems to put out what the NWS wants them to put out.

They just copy the weather from another local TV station. It's easier like that and way more cost effective.

Wouldn’t they just copy straight from the NWS? That would make a lot more sense.

fucking witchcraft, it is

They do, because I used to watch this guy on ABC Local named Dennis Phillips and they do personally look at a lot of the data.

I myself discovered some interesting things looking at the GOES satellite website, I dont use radar anymore I know whats going on atleast 10 minutes before the news does and its much higher resolution, I knew Irma was turning before they said it on the news about 10-15 minutes later.

I noticed where I live along the west coast of central Florida that around 4 in the afternoon the way the earth is in relation to the sun makes the water along there just looks like it starts boiling furiously thats why we get a lot of afternoon showers.

once upon a time

weather forcasting was a private enterprise


we dont need weather ppl anymore

we have robots that outperform them

The old-school TV meteorologists would definitely put in the work. The younger ones on TV today? I’m not so sure.

My weatherman just says one model says this and another model says this.

It's all software and good looking actors now.

Why even get a degree in it?