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The ZFP is usually the better product for precip and snowfall as it is manually manipulated.....might be different for temps.

 

Generally speaking we try and stay away from manually manipulating the ZFP. That should be done in the grids to get the wording to come out correct. That way the P&C will also read correctly. When you hand edit the ZFP, that's when you can get large discrepancies between that and the P&C, and that's bad for business.

 

Like you said though, the ZFP usually is good on QPF events because it averages over the zone. Of course, that blows up when you have sharp gradients (like the coast or rain/snow line). However, the P&C we have no control over how it reads.

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Generally speaking we try and stay away from manually manipulating the ZFP. That should be done in the grids to get the wording to come out correct. That way the P&C will also read correctly. When you hand edit the ZFP, that's when you can get large discrepancies between that and the P&C, and that's bad for business.

Like you said though, the ZFP usually is good on QPF events because it averages over the zone. Of course, that blows up when you have sharp gradients (like the coast or rain/snow line). However, the P&C we have no control over how it reads.

The ZFP just makes more sense to me then the P & C mentioning 4 different ptypes between 9pm and 3am. But, I know people love the P & C because you can get point specific forecasts which is pretty cool too. Thanks for bringing forth the process of the editing.

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The ZFP just makes more sense to me then the P & C mentioning 4 different ptypes between 9pm and 3am. But, I know people love the P & C because you can get point specific forecasts which is pretty cool too. Thanks for bringing forth the process of the editing.

 

That ptype forecast is the worst part of the P&C, it tries to get too precise. We would love to tone that down, but it quite literally may need an act of Congress to change the formatter on the P&C pytpe.

 

Everything else should be a nice grid average for temps, wind, and precip. Definitely better resolution that the zones.

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:clap:  :bike:

 

Sold!!

 

Foliage is really coming along. Looking forward to entire weekend days fighting Oak leaves

 

Wonder if MPM will hit 80 again?

 

Hit it when?  Yesterday?  My high was 72.4.

 

 

 

View from Berkshire East they posted, can't wait.IMG_4991240120541.jpg

 

I love the views from up there.

 

Thick fog.

RAZR 2

 

Not so thick here, but there's a ltitle out there.  I hope the rain can hold off until tionight and finish early.  Just got back from spending most of the week in Toronto.  Much to get done around here.

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