School closings! Flight cancellations! Dire warnings and, ultimately, dry pavement met local residents as sheepish Denver TV weather forecasters explained what happened when the massive spring blizzard predicted for April 9 didn?t materialize.
?Predicting the future is not an exact science,? 9News meteorologist Kathy Sabine said. Besides, many areas did see the predicted amounts, she noted.
via Twitter
Denver's Channel 7 meteorologist Mike Nelson's tweet on snowstorm in the morning of April 9, 2013
Mid-day Tuesday, KMGH chief meteorologist Mike Nelson tweeted:
?NEW INFO! #snow will not be nearly as heavy as some other TV stations are saying! Watch #7NewsNow for the correct numbers! #cowx #denver?
Later, Nelson admirably posted an apology for the bum prediction on his Facebook page, plus an explanation of the storm?s evolution. ?Forecasting the weather is a bit like being a field goal kicker, we are supposed to be accurate. This storm was a miss and I apologize if it has caused you inconvenience or hardship today.?
?We?ll stay on the low end of our predictions,? KCNC?s Lauren Whitney offered. She added, perhaps hopefully, ?it?s not over yet.?
?You still could see blizzard-like conditions,? Jennifer Broome told KDVR viewers.
The possibility of life-threatening weather conditions in the region prompted forecasters around the dial to paint a picture of an historically bad spring snowstorm on the way Monday. ?We always err on the side of caution and present a worst-case scenario,? KUSA?s Sabine said. ?We?d rather have people over-prepared.?
Sabine had 4-6? of snow in her Douglas County backyard, ?with 8-12-inch drifts,? she said, so by that measure, ?the forecast wasn?t really off.?
Joe Amon, The Denver Post
Blizzard in Denver? Light snow blankets 22nd Street and Arapahoe in downtown Denver on April 9, 2013.
Source: http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2013/04/09/media-hypes-snowstorm-points-fingers/13549/
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