{"id":10861,"date":"2015-06-16T12:32:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/?p=10861"},"modified":"2022-08-01T07:43:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:43:04","slug":"weather-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/2015\/06\/weather-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather&#8230; or Knot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter&#8217;s wedding day is Saturday, June 27.\u00a0 She decided on an outdoor wedding, so I am naturally concerned about the weather that day.\u00a0 Will it rain?\u00a0 Will we swelter?\u00a0 The purpose of this post is to record the weather forecasts for June 27, on a daily basis leading up to the wedding, and compare them to what actually transpires that day here in Asheville.\u00a0 Are long-term forecasts worth their weight in pixels?\u00a0 Let&#8217;s find out.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the series of forecasts for June 27 that have been posted on the weather.com site, starting June 14.\u00a0 I will update this table every day with the latest forecast, so keep checking this post.\u00a0 [Rest easy, my subscribers, you will not be notified of each update.]\u00a0 On June 28, the day after the wedding, I will post the actual high temperature (hopefully tolerable) and precipitation (hopefully none) that we experienced that day, and maybe make a comment or two about weather forecasting.<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 14<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Thunderstorms likely<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 88<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 15<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Scattered thunderstorms<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 91<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 16<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Scattered showers and thunderstorms<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 91<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 17<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Scattered thunderstorms<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 90<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 18<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Mixed clouds and sun, scattered thunderstorms<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 89<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 19<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Rain early, some sunshine later in the day<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 88<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 20<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Scattered showers and thunderstorms<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 84<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 21<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Variable clouds with scattered thunderstorms<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 83<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 22<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Mixed clouds and sun, scattered thunderstorms<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 80<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 23<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Mixed clouds and sun, scattered thunderstorms<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 79<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 24<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Scattered showers and thunderstorms<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 85<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 25<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Thunderstorms likely during the afternoon<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 81<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">June 26<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 50%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Mainly cloudy in the afternoon, thunderstorms likely<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 10%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">High 80<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px; width: 25%; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;\">Chance of rain 80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Wish us luck!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10673\" src=\"http:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/suns-640x161.jpg\" alt=\"Suns\" width=\"640\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/suns-640x161.jpg 640w, https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/suns-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/suns.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter&#8217;s wedding day is Saturday, June 27.\u00a0 She decided on an outdoor wedding, so I am naturally concerned about the weather that day.\u00a0 Will it rain?\u00a0 Will we swelter?\u00a0 The purpose of this post is to record the weather &hellip; 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