DMV Weather :vaflag: :mdflag: on Nostr: *Long exasperated sigh* Just a friendly reminder that even though it appears Milton ...

*Long exasperated sigh*

Just a friendly reminder that even though it appears Milton didn't reach the highest level of devastation that was forecast when it reached Florida, doesn't mean that suddenly we can't trust forecasters, or that people shouldn't have needed to evacuate, or that the storm was "hyped". I don't think I need to explain that as much as forecasting has advanced, it's not price to the hyper-local level. And I also don't think I need to explain that just because "it wasn't that bad" in one particular spot, doesn't mean it wasn't devastating elsewhere. Milton weakening quicker than expected doesn't undo the last two decades of significant progress in forecast accuracy.