Why people look at and post and share and like model pages when they have no training in how to interpret and understand the models is beyond me. I guess it’s the excitement of hype and wishcasting, sometimes for money sometimes for attention or all of these.

Longtime followers know I don’t do it and have long asked nobody else do it. I’ve shown the fake snow and ice maps that happen every year. The same thing happens with fake tornado outbreaks and fake hurricanes because people don’t know what they’re doing or looking at, or know it’s bogus but don’t care.

Here is another great example today.

Wednesday through Friday-- according to a lot of garbage hype posts on the internet over the past couple weeks-- was supposed to be a Gulf hurricane. Nope:

Just garbage by irresponsible people. Irresponsible hype posted by, liked and shared by other irresponsible know-nothings.

A number of responsible mets on the web pointed out this hot garbage:

Use a trusted meteorologist not some strange source on social media. Don’t fall for nonsense on tornadoes, snow/ice, or hurricanes etc.

Models show a lot of things every day of every year, especially 7-16 days into the future. Pro meteorologists usually know how much of it to believe if any. Joe Facebook does not. Sally Twitter does not.

Meteorologists are trained to know when something a model shows has any viable chance or not and will tell you their thinking, not just post scary or exciting hype.

For more weather that keeps it real follow me on Twitter @MellishMeterWSB.

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