I'm in the habit of checking the weather forecast each morning, mainly to see whether I need to water the garden or not. However, I'm starting to lose faith in the accuracy of the forecasts, especially as the forecasters are starting to get a little cocky. This morning, I checked it at about 7 o'clock and it confidently predicted that Longford would have rain at 7.45am. Maybe it said 70% chance of rain by 7.45 but I didn't read the fine print. Needless to say, there was no rain at 7.45, nor 8.45.
I've just checked the forecast again (at 9.44am) and it tells me that it is currently raining in Longford but a quick glance out of the window reassures me that it is not. Are the forecasters trying to cover for their mistakes by falsifying the report on the website? It doesn't matter to me but what about the farmers who depend on accurate forecasts? Do they trust the highly-paid forecasters or do they turn on the irrigators and pay for the excess water?
Being lazy, I haven't watered the garden this morning, hoping that the forecasters will be proven right in the end. If the rain stays away all day I can always catch up this evening.
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