rain Saturday?

[Cyclonesince78]

Ed Wilson said there should be around 18 inches of snow. So I'm expecting a sunny day, no rain and mid 80's

[00clone]

Rain stays SE of Ames.



Also... Probability of Precipiation (PoP) isn't as simple of a percentage as you are all making it out to be. There's actually a lot of thought that goes into those percentages.

PoP = C x A

Where C = Confidence that measurable precipitation (0.01") occurs somewhere in the area that you are forecasting for
Where A = The percent of area that will see 0.01" or more.

Examples

0.80 confidence x 0.40 area = 32%
0.95 confidence x 0.75 area = 71%
0.90 conficence x 0.22 area = 20%

HEY, WEATHERMAN!!!! A bunch of non-weathermen (or women) were having a mighty fine time on this here website, with no technical knowledge whatsoever, arguing about all things weather related. We don't need YOU, coming in here, with your smartypants attitude, and ACTUAL INFORMATION, to SCREW THAT UP! Now GTFO!