Cleveland Weather: A bit scattered

Written By kolimtiga on Sabtu, 06 Juli 2013 | 10.49

In the world of weather, we unfortunately have to work with statistics.

We don't take issue with the statistics themselves (they are awesome!), the problem is that many people in the general public don't understand how to interpret the statistics.  

When you see a 60% on rain chances, that doesn't mean that 60% of the area will have rain.  It means that in any one location, there is a 6 in 10 chance that rain will occur.

Doesn't clear it up?  Don't worry, it is one of the most debated topics in the weather world.

We do have days that are totally dry and we have days that every single square mile of northern Ohio gets rain (I really like forecasting those days...).

The problem comes when we are stuck with chances somewhere in between.

There are 11,000+ square miles in the Channel 3 viewing area and on any given day one spot can have a downpour while another doesn't even see a cloud.  Since most people don't really consider any other place other than what they can physically see, it gets a little dicey when it comes to "right vs wrong" forecasts.  (oh well....)

So, when you start to see the word "scattered" in the forecast, that means that we will have areas that stay dry (at any given point in time) while others are getting wet (at any given point in time).

The bottom line is that when you see "scattered rain and storms" in the forecast and those rain chance percentages are pretty high (50% or more), be ready for rain just in case you are one of the 'lucky' ones.

There is plenty more scattered action still to come...

Tonight:  Scattered rain and storms likely (70%).  Warm and muggy.  Upper 60s/low 70s

Tomorrow:  Partly sunny with scattered rain and storms likely (60%).  Low 80s

Sunday:  Partly sunny with scattered rain and storms likely (60%).  Low 80s

Monday:  Partly sunny with scattered rain chances (40%...less likely chances than Saturday or Sunday).  Warm and muggy!  Mid/upper 80s

Tuesday:  Partly sunny with pop-up storm chances (30%).  Muggy!  Upper 80s

Wednesday:  Rain and storms likely (70%).  Warm and very muggy.  Mid/upper 80s

Thursday:  Partly sunny with slight (20%) chances for passing sprinkles/light showers.  Low 80s  LESS HUMID!

Friday:  Hello heat relief!  Partly cloudy and pleasant.  Upper 70s

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