Super Bowl 2014: Too Soon For Weather Predictions?

With the 2014 Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos approaching quickly, super fans are anxious about the weather conditions during the game. The polar vortex is giving some people quite a scare, as snow and cold weather could hurt their team. Join Trace as he explains the earliest time that you can predict the weather, and why that prediction might not even be correct.

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[harborwolf]

The other triangle should be saying "You're never right...."

[WestPacWx]

This video makes me feel like I went to college and studied how to properly gamble.  

[BobHutton]

Rain radar IMHO has made a big difference. Instead of waiting around wondering if the rain will go away, a quick glace at the radar (regardless of the forecast) is usually all you need.

[PatchwerkWest]

I live on the east coast of Canada, our two best ways of predicting weather are: looking out the window, and throwing darts at pieces of paper on the wall

[narxic]

I don't know who fist said it.. but my favorite weather quote..
The whether man: wrong to often to rely on, right to often to ignore.

[thombg]

The weather forecasters in Maine tend to pander to tourists, in the winter to the skiers and cold weather adventurers and in the warmer weather to the beach goers and "leaf peepers" (we get some rad fall tree foliage) so anything you hear on the TV news weather must be taken with a grain of salt, or do what I've done and become pretty good at figuring it out for yourself by looking at satellite images.

[ShawnRavenfire]

Even if you built a time-machine and went back in time, you still couldn't predict the weather too far ahead, because as soon as you arrive in the past, your breathing and your body head will affect the atmosphere.

[Fliprrr]

considering my local news meteorologist name is Dallas Raines, I feel he gives pretty good forecasts and so enthusiastic about them as well lol 

[angeldude]

I've just assumed that the weather will be the opposite of what the weatherman says.

[sopsax]

I wish I could remember which comedian said this, but it goes something like this:

Meteorologists are the only people on the planet whose job it is to predict the future and who people feel justified in being mad at when the prediction is wrong.

[jwkennington]

We can predict all we want.  What actually happens is another story.

[TheOfficialLastZone]

yesterday it started to thunder and about 10 mins later it started to snow

[Kopa_Malphas]

Being a meteorologist is easy, you scream POLAR VORTEX and everyone freaks out and forgets about your messups

[HeffryCuddles]

No 2 days ago on the morning forecast said only 3 inches we got over a foot that day

[blipblop]

we don't have a forum here anymore because of google+

[HeavensGate]

Was wondering if DNews could do a video on HERVs (Human endogenous retro virus'). Or if you already have what video is it?

[TheMoonyr]

Today school was canceled due to chilling weather conditions that no one thought of

[Catfishsquid]

I hate it when school is closed for snow and theres no snow

[justingreen]

However, wouldn't more data gathered over time along with the data that actually occurred help in the long run?

[SangoProductions]

"If it's sunny and warm it's probably not going to snow in the next few hours." Come to Texas, you'll learn soon enough just how much weather shifts around.