For example - this is what I get on the LAT frontpage:
Thu 81 (UPDATE - later it suddenly changes to... 91 degrees)
But when I go to the weather page tonight - this is what I get for the overall area forecast:
Thursday...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 70s at the beaches to the lower 90s inland.
And this is what I get for 90013 - which is within coastal plain and not part of the inland or the valley - (and we are usually at least 10 degrees cooler than those areas) on the same page:
Thu 94°
Yup. As hot or hotter than in the Valley.
Except, I then insert do a Valley zip code - and get this:
Thu 97°
Well above the low 90's - and only three degrees hotter than downtown. And it's like this nearly every day and I've e-mailed them about this for ... months. So why can't they fix it?
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Few things in life are as imprecise as weather measurements and those who report it. This past week, it was 104 degrees where I live, yet the "official" temperature was only 91. I have often thought how ridiculous it is for TV stations to spend those big bucks on weatherpersons, sets, and graphics to report what I experienced that day; gee, I was there -- I know how hot, cold, wet, windy, or whatever it was; and then to "guess" -- usually incorrectly -- what the weather tomorrow will be. Give me a running banner at the bottom of my TV screen and save the coiffured hair, theatrics, and banter of a "personality" to report what I already know and to guess as well as I can about tomorrow.
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