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Try reading the comments attached to this Stuff story about the heavy rain today - fascinating, especially the people who believe the fires in Australia have altered the weather patterns over New Zealand.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4853827a11.html

Sometimes its quite illuminating to try to understand how Joe Public think about weather and forecasting.
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Lol all you can do is laugh, some of the things people come up with :lol:
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Well, they laugh at some of the forecasts we come up with, so I guess thats only fair... :lol: :lol:
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But hang on.... Our "reliable" Met Service said Wellington was in for "a long, hot, dry, windless summer"... Our Met Service should be on a Tui Billboard!


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Yea, I didn't get that either?
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I don't even think NIWA said "a long, hot, dry, windless summer"; though it's possible the media at some point could have come up with that.
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I posted a reply to that garbage post about an alleged MetService prediction. It's scary to reflect on the levels of understanding and intelligence shown in these feedback threads!
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