[kbos87]

I had to look back, because I remembered a discussion here on HN based on an Atlantic article that took exactly the opposite point of view:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19045250

I'd have to disagree that we are bad at weather forecasting. While we are surprised every so often, the progress in accuracy of the modern five day forecast has been shocking over the arc of my 30-or-so years on the planet. We almost always have a substantial heads up about weather that is going to affect our movements around the world.

I agree with you that down to the minute precipitation forecasts aren't perfect (though I'd say the alerts I get from Dark Sky are at least pretty good) but that level of fidelity is asking a lot.