One Channel, Two Wildly Different Snow Forecasts

If you were watching WCBS-TV/Channel 2 in New York within about a 20-minute period tonight, you were treated to two very different forecasts for the snow storm expected to hit the area Friday.

Lonnie Quinn’s forecast on CBS 2 News at 6:00:


David Bernard’s forecast on the CBS Evening News at 6:30:


Depending on which forecast the south shore of Long Island listens to, they’ll either get four to eight inches of snow or one to two feet.

Same channel.

UPDATE:  CNN’s Chad Myers pointed out that the computer models are very different. If you look at these forecasts, New York City will get either 5.7 inches or 23.3 inches of snow.

The decimal point conveys precision!

Proposed postcard for the Mets Team Store at Citi Field.
Features scenic photography shot from the Pepsi Porch.

Proposed postcard for the Mets Team Store at Citi Field.

Features scenic photography shot from the Pepsi Porch.

The best of my shots taken in Battery Park this morning of the Shuttle Enterprise as it piggybacked NASA’s 747 from D.C. around NYC before landing at JFK.  More pictures on my Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffreysorensen/sets/72157629548410656

The best of my shots taken in Battery Park this morning of the Shuttle Enterprise as it piggybacked NASA’s 747 from D.C. around NYC before landing at JFK.  More pictures on my Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffreysorensen/sets/72157629548410656