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Isolated versus Scattered

Kathryn

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_Keith Grand Master

_Keith

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It is code language for "we don't have a clue whether water will fall on your head today."

I am sorry, I just couldn't help myself

Keith

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bubba Grand Master

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According to "Meteorologists"Isolated Thunderstorms means most of the map on displaywill stay dry.Isolated Thunderstorms will effect 30 percent of the map while70 percent will remain dry.

Scattered Thunderstorms is "Meterologist" speak for Thunderstorms covering 40 to 60 percentof the map.

All in all,it is a coin toss.

What you look for is what is looking

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Cristóbal Proficient

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this is some big difference ? if it rains where you are its 100 %, if no it is 0 % !  :P

TEMP. JAN. 21/10 C (69/50 F), AUG. 29/20 C (84/68 F). COASTAL DESERT, MOST DAYS MILD OR WARM, SUNNY AND DRY. YEARLY PRECIPITATION: 210 MM (8.2 INCHES). ZONE 11 NO FREEZES CLOSE TO THE OCEAN.

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SubTropicRay Grand Master

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No difference really.  Around here, neither of those descriptions yield any rain.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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Neofolis Veteran

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I've noticed here that partly cloudy seems to mean anything from totally overcast all day to clear blue skies all day.

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Dorset, UK

Ave Jul High 72F/22C (91F/33C Max)

Ave Jul Low 52F/11C (45F/7C Min)

Ave Jan High 46F/8C (59F/15C Max)

Ave Jan Low 34F/1C (21F/-6C Min)

Ave Rain 736mm pa

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SubTropicRay Grand Master

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Partly sunny means that same thing here.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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gsn Veteran

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So are we saying WEATHERMEN don't have a CLUE? :laugh:

Who would have ever THUNK it!

Scott

Titusville, FL

1/2 mile from the Indian River

USDA Zone COLD

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Daryl Grand Master

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Today will be mainly cloudy with some sunny periods. The conditions will be mainly fine and dry with a chance of showers...there I think that covers it...

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Pretty sure it goes Isolated, Scattered, Few, and finally Numerous with the areal coverage increasing for each category.

Higher the category goes the greater chance you have of getting hit by thunderstorms. It is based on the percentage of the forecast area that will receive storms.

Pete

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_Keith Grand Master

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Here is my AccuWeather forcast....... http://www.accuweather.com/forecast-15day....16&metric=0

What exactly are Episodes of sunshine for april 28th?

They just make this stuff up right?

"Episodes of sunshine" Well, they not be accurate, but at least they have a sense of humor.

Or is that code language for "we don't have a clue if you will get a sunburn today, or not" :mrlooney:

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bubba Grand Master

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"Episiodes of Sunshine"?"As the World so Shine"?"The Days of our Sun"?The Young and the Sunless"?Oh, the wonderful Sport of Meteorology.

What you look for is what is looking

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_Keith Grand Master

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We are dry as a bone again, but there are episodes of rain all around me with a prelude of thunder and encore of humidity.

Later on we are expecting weeks of re-runs of high temps, but hopefully not a hurricane during sweeps week.

In my post I sometimes express "my" opinion. Warning, it may differ from "your" opinion. If so, please do not feel insulted, just state your own if you wish. Any data in this post is provided 'as is' and in no event shall I be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from accuracy or lack thereof, insult, or any other damages

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Our Episodes of sunshine yesterday ended up with lots of rain and a few tornadoes I didn't not see any sunshine at all.

will try to do the things that they say can't be done

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_Keith Grand Master

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We are in the Isolated/Scattered pattern. Somedays, it rains all around us, yet leaves us dry. Other days, we get rain and nobody else does. Locally, we call them popcorn showers. They pop up in a very localized spot, dump and inch or so of rain, and vanish just as fast.

Back when I was a fisherman, I remember running out into the gulf between two of them. Somedays they vanished, other days they closed in to make one really big whopper. We called them sucker holes. Getting caught out in the open gulf in one was quite an adventure. One of which I don't care to relive. At least on land, you can run inside.

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