Had to share this one…

This is from the normally stodgy NWS (Regional Forecast Discussion)…apparently someone has told the forecasters that they are now allowed to have a personality...though this is probably not quite the metaphor I would have used...but hey they are new at this.

.LONG TERM (FRI-SUN)...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A CHANCE OF A WEAK TROUGH WORKING ITS WAY DOWN THE WEST COAST OVER THE WEEKEND. ENSEMBLES* ARE SPREAD OUT LIKE BUTTER ON TOAST...AND EXPECT RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY TO CONTINUE TO BE POOR.

At this rate I am expecting them to be dropping dirty jokes into the forecasts by the next month…though if I see a “swampthing” in their marine forecasts I am going to be pissed…

*the “ensembles” are basically a tool that lets them overlay all of the various weather models in one spot and compare how much they match…the more the models are in alignment the more credibility a forecaster will give a particular part of the forecast. (I do my ensembles with crayons…and usually a clone trooper helmet on)