Wild Rumors a Part of Every Snow Forecast

Tuesday, 11 February 2014 | by Pat's Picks

The Philadelphia Inquirer says the National Weather Service on Monday did something highly unusual: It predicted a snow total for a storm three days away. The agency says it wanted to counteract wild rumors swirling on social media of a 30-inch storm. Meteorologists say some weather-related Facebook pages use suspect computer models to drum up foreboding forecasts that nearly always prove to be wrong, but not before they’ve caused panic.

SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer