Absolute forecasts ("It will be 14°C today") are hard to understand. However, I can remember what the weather was like yesterday so a relative forecast ("It will be warmer than yesterday") would be more useful.-- hippo, Apr 18 2013 Pointy things that can take your eye out http://www.abc.net..../web-aus-syn-d4.jpgAs above [skinflaps, Apr 18 2013] Explosions http://weather.vrem...tralia.png&size=488As above [skinflaps, Apr 18 2013] Wunderground NYC forecast http://www.wundergr...q/zmw:10001.5.99999"Tomorrow is forecast to be Much Warmer than today." [tatterdemalion, Apr 18 2013] I just stick my head out of the window and leave it there.-- skinflaps, Apr 18 2013 A forecast with the weatherman hanging his head outside a window, and just leaving it there, would be entertaining, and probably more accurate as well.-- blissmiss, Apr 18 2013 I remember watching the weather forecast one day whilst residing in Australia,the mapped television weather report for the day showed pointy things and bright yellow things.
I did not go out that day for fear of having my eye taken out or being blown up.-- skinflaps, Apr 18 2013 Fine idea, but as with all temporally relative systems, it assumes the ongoing persistence of its client demographic.
What if I just wasn't around yesterday? I'd need a "bed-in" period of at least 24 hours before being able to properly benefit from such a system. I'm all for that, and an extra day in bed would be most welcome indeed, and so for that [+].-- zen_tom, Apr 18 2013 "It's going to be nicer here than........."-- cudgel, Apr 18 2013 Weather Underground does this (linked).-- tatterdemalion, Apr 18 2013 We also get "Last year on this date it was 72 degrees"...which we don't want to know when it's only 36 degrees today.-- xandram, Apr 19 2013 [+] muchly.-- FlyingToaster, Apr 19 2013 They already say things like "Sunny and warmer today"; plus, if you look at the weekly forecast it shows temperatures numerically, and the numbers can be compared to each other to see which ones are higher.-- phundug, Apr 30 2013 Since I got a Moto Guzzi I divide my weather into "motorcycle" and "non-motorcycle".-- normzone, Mar 06 2015 random, halfbakery