I don't live that far from you. Central North York [Avenue Rd/401] No rain at all here today. Must have been an extremely isolated pop up shower.

When required I check in on this weather radar. Press play and get a six hour general drift of what might be approaching.

https://www.wgrz.com/radar

RadioActive wrote:

Can't say who else got it. But when they say no rain in the GTA, I expect no rain in the GTA. 

Normally I'd dry myself off and forget about it. But this happens with these weather warriors all the time and nobody ever calls them to account. 

I'm pretty sick of never being able to trust anything they tell us. 

I did here in Richmond Hill.  I wasn't expecting rain until the overnight hours, and I was planning on sitting on the balcony and enjoying the evening.  Apparently the Weather Network provides different models, and I find them unreliable.  Environment Canada is usually closer to what bears out.

I was listening to Humble and Fred recently and Dan Duran was saying that the weather models can be off by an order of a couple of days, since you really cannot predict what patterns will bring.  A slight shift of an angle, when a system approaches the area, can bring a completely different amount of precipitation or weather activity than was forecast.  So even beyond a couple of days, weather is too difficult to predict.

Now as for tonight?  As for the sudden change in conditions than was forecast?  Could this be a byproduct of climate change?  I have to assume meteorologists know what they're doing.  I'm not qualified in the discipline of weather or climate to be able to challenge them.
 

Hmmm. I have a Saturday copy of the National Post, which would have been printed late Friday evening.  They had forecast a 30% chance of rain in Toronto on Sunday.  Maybe where you live found the 30%! 
 

Jody Thornton wrote:

paterson1 wrote:

Hmmm. I have a Saturday copy of the National Post, which would have been printed late Friday evening.  They had forecast a 30% chance of rain in Toronto on Sunday.  Maybe where you live found the 30%! 
 

Today, it wasn't being forecast though P1.  I thought as a of a couple of days ago, Monday would be dry too.  What weather or meteorology service does the post subscribe to, I wonder.

They have a Weather Network logo with their weather information. For Monday they were showing 80% chance of rain in the Saturday paper.  

Last edited by paterson1 (June 9, 2025 12:30 am)

I use the "Clime" app on my phone. It is so detailed you can see the green blob of rain approaching the street where you live. If you are travelling, it shows the weather patterns worldwide.

It's not the one time error that bugs me. It's that it happens all the time. How can you trust a forecast when it's wrong so often? That's the issue. And they're never called to account for their mistakes, and nothing is ever mentioned again. Wish I had a job like that!

I think they should just always say "a chance of rain" every single day and then all bases will be covered.