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silversand
Mar 24, 2016Explorer
Joe:
The Weather Channel has unilaterally decided to "name" noteworthy storms (unlike scientific naming of tropical storms, under an industry-wide (spanning the Globe) naming convention). This started in 2012 appx. They argue that naming (winter) storms makes it "easier" for the layperson to track individual systems (say, if 3 systems are going to strike the US over short periods of time)...
On the flip side, other WX companies (weather expert providers) argue that naming storms only adds to confusion, confusing "media spin" with science.
I personally prefer that every storm that comes by isn't named. YMMV
:B
The Weather Channel has unilaterally decided to "name" noteworthy storms (unlike scientific naming of tropical storms, under an industry-wide (spanning the Globe) naming convention). This started in 2012 appx. They argue that naming (winter) storms makes it "easier" for the layperson to track individual systems (say, if 3 systems are going to strike the US over short periods of time)...
On the flip side, other WX companies (weather expert providers) argue that naming storms only adds to confusion, confusing "media spin" with science.
I personally prefer that every storm that comes by isn't named. YMMV
:B
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