31: It's Supposed To Be Raining

Since information could travel faster than the weather we've strived to predict the weather more accurately into the future. Joel Housman joins John to dig deep into just how hard weather prediction can be and why.With Joel Housman and John Chidgey.Related Links: Weather Forecasting Synoptic Scale Meterology Atmospheric Pressure Dark Sky: A Weather App To Keep You Dry (Review) Weather Data and Content Sources Numerical Weather Prediction Ensemble Forecasting Weather Balloons Monte Carlo (Method) Tropical Cyclone Scales Tornados Cyclone Joy Cyclone Oswald Historical Huricane Tracks Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale Fujita Tornado Damage Scale NOAA’s Weather Supercomputers Get Massive Upgrade Why are snowstorm forecasts sometimes so wrong? The Secrets of Weather Forecast Models, Exposed How Do Weather Models Work? Weather Apps Joel and John Use: RadarScope Dark Sky Today Weather Pocket Weather Australia and their blog post Movies Mentioned in this Episode: Twister Jurassic Park Sharknado Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode sponsors:Many Tricks: If you’re looking for some Mac software that can do Many Tricks remember to specifically visit the URL below for more information about their amazingly useful apps. Visit manytricks.com/pragmatic and use the Coupon Code (listen to the episode to get the code) for 25% off the total price of your order. Hurry it's only for a limited time!LIFX: LIFX is a smart lightbulb that gives you previously unheard of control of your lighting. Each bulb is Wi-Fi enabled, can give you light in whatever colour of the rainbow you like, and is an energy efficient LED light bulb that you can control with your smartphone. For developers LIFX are running a competition with great prizes please check it out and submit your app by the 25th of July, 2014. Visit lifx.co/pragmatic and use the Coupon Code PRAGMATIC for 15% off the total price of your order.