Comparing This Week’s Forecast 01/04/10 – 01/08/10 All Seattle TV Stations
Monday- Official Reading: 44/49 and Rain all day .98″ Rain at Sea-Tac.///KIRO: 42/50 Rain No Sun 2 off on low and 1 off on the high= -3///Q-13: 44/48 Rain No Sun Dead On for the low and 1 off on the high = -1///KING 5: 44/49 Exact Forecast = 0 (the weather symbol had a few sun breaks-didn’t happen)=0///KOMO: 48 for the high, low wasn’t on All Rain Symbol, correct = -1
Tuesday- Official Reading: 44/50 and not as much rain .14″ @ Sea-Tac and Cloudy all day.
KIRO: 41/51, -3 on the low and -1 on the high=-4///Q-13: 42/49, -2 on the low & -1 on the high=-3///KING: 38/48, -6 on the low & -2 on the high=-8///KOMO: 43/49, -1 on the low & -1 on the high=-2
Wednesday- Official Reading: 42/50 with No Rainfall and Partly Sunny at Sea-Tac.
KIRO7: 36/49 sun and am showers symbol, -6 on the low & -1 on the high=-7///Q-13: 38/47 mostly cloudy symbol, -4 for the low & -3 for the high=-7///KING: 37/47 sun and showers, -5 for the low & -3 for the high=-8///KOMO: 37/46 no rain symbol, -5 for the low & -4 for the high=-9
Thursday- Official Reading: 40/48 with .04″ Rainfall and Sun & Clouds Mixed.
KIRO7: 38/52 Dry Symbol, -2 for the low & -4 for the high=-6///Q-13: 38/48 Dry Symbol, -2 for the low & Exact high Forecast 0=-2///KING: 36/48 Dry Symbol, -4 for the low & Exact for the high 0= -4///KOMO: 35/45 Dry Symbol, -5 for the low & -3 for the high = -8
Friday-Official Reading 39/46 with .81″ @ Sea-Tac and no sun… very rainy.. Freezing Rain in the passes. Month to date 2.02″ as of 01/08/10.
KIRO: 41/50 Rain Symbol with a few breaks, -2 for the low & -4 for the high=-6///Q-13: 39/50 Rain All Day(This was correct), Exact for the low & -4 for the high = -4///KING: 40/49 Rain with a few breaks( no breaks official), -1 for the low & -3 for the high=-4///KOMO: 36/46 they had pm rain symbol, it rained all day, -3 for the low & Exact for the high=-3
TOTALS: Monday through Friday the closest to the actual forecast goes to Q-13 with -17 points for week one. I will be comparing the 5 Day again on Monday 01/11/10
The others were pretty much tied from KOMO with -23, KING -24, and KIRO -26. Good Luck Next Week.
Jim, Your comparison of this week’s weather on all the TV stations is very interesting. Love it!