The weather, and the folks who try to predict it...

Can anyone tell me why we haven't discovered a decent way to predict the weather accurately?

We have all this equipment, satallites in orbit around the planets, and yet we still can't predict what the weather will be in 24 hours.

Now, I know, they even give us weekly forecasts, but I never follow those... I take weekly forecasts with a grain of salt.

But... comeon... 24 hours? Can't we get even that 100% right every day?

What brought this train of thought around? Well, my motorbike is now legal, and I've been riding it all weekend... when the weather was clear at least.

Thursday the forecast started by saying that Saturday and Sunday were going to be bright and sunny.

What did we have? Clouds, and rain, along with thunderstorms. That's where the grain of salt comes in. I remember is saying that Friday was going to have the thunderstorms, what did we have? Beautiful sunny skies until the evening. Then just a little rain.

Oh yeah... our weather technology is great isn't it?

Every time I see the incorrect weather predicted I'm reminded of a comedian I heard of awhile back: Why is it in any other job, if you lie, you'd get fired. But weathermen can lie on screen and still get to work the next day?

Come on people, let's get with the big picture. Let's find a reliable way to predict the weather... or even better, let's work on weather control. That way we can limit thunderstorms and hurricanes and tornadoes. Think of the lives that could be saved, the damage that could be prevented.