Jay Honeck wrote:

Is it just me, or does it seem like weather forecasting has gone off
the
deep end?

Yes. For this reason I now use only the web for meaningful forecast
information. For excellent analysis of the synoptic situation and an
unhyped forecast, check out

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/textversion/states.html

Click on the state, then "forecast discussion", then scroll down to the
area of interest (there are separate forecasts for each "zone" within a
state). This comes from NOAA meteorologists whose forecast drives what
the TV weather-person is going to say anyway.

www.wunderground.com

Type in the 3-character airport identifier or city,state and get the
current forecast. No fuss, no hype. Also has local and regional radar
that can be put into motion. With all this, I don't even bother with
the TV forecast any more.

Forecasts from the numerical models is available at

http://weather.unisys.com

The "eta" and "avn" models are the primary resources for 2-3 day
forecasts, and "mrf" model for longer forecasts (up to 9 days). The
output from these models forms the basis of much of the discussion in
the "iwin" site mentioned above.

Jim Rosinski