If I couldn't do my job I'd be sacked

**jamiey** · 18th June 2014, 17:09

But I'm not a meteorologist. Not once this week has any short term forecast been correct. Is it just Auckland that suffers from this with twin coasts, are other areas fortunate enough to have better luck??
Sat at home now radar sites show clear skies. All my weather apps etc show part cloud but dry. Yet is hosing down heavily.

**slofox** · 18th June 2014, 17:12

It's just Auckland...god's punishment for living in jafaland.

**Akzle** · 18th June 2014, 17:43

aucklanders! moaning about teh fucking weather!!

buckle up darling, if there's one thing i can promise you, is that there'll be weather every day you're alive.

go have a fucking late and sit in traffic and you'll feel better.

apps??? sattelites?? for fucks sake.
know how i know what the weather is like? I FUCKING GO OUTSIDE.
try it some time. fucking uteless aucklander prick.

**Virago** · 18th June 2014, 17:58

We should sack you now for posting this in the wrong section...

**jamiey** · 18th June 2014, 17:59

Originally Posted by Akzle

aucklanders! moaning about teh fucking weather!!

buckle up darling, if there's one thing i can promise you, is that there'll be weather every day you're alive.

go have a fucking late and sit in traffic and you'll feel better.

apps??? sattelites?? for fucks sake.
know how i know what the weather is like? I FUCKING GO OUTSIDE.
try it some time. fucking uteless aucklander prick.

Fair enough. Fair weather weekend only bikers don't often need to ride everyday and get in their cages. But it's impossible to drink latte on a bike and I never have to sit in traffic.
Weather doesn't bother me, I ride everyday no matter what. Just wouldn't mind a decent heads up from forecasters.

**Wingnut** · 18th June 2014, 18:02

The avatar sums it up eh......

**Akzle** · 18th June 2014, 18:02

Originally Posted by jamiey

Fair enough. But it's impossible to drink latte on a bike and I never have to sit in traffic.
Weather doesn't bother me, I ride everyday no matter what. Just wouldn't mind a decent heads up from forecasters.

you're clearly doing it wrong

(psst, gremlin, this is BMW...

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**unstuck** · 18th June 2014, 18:04

Originally Posted by jamiey

Fair enough. But it's impossible to drink latte on a bike and I never have to sit in traffic.
Weather doesn't bother me, I ride everyday no matter what. Just wouldn't mind a decent heads up from forecasters.

Not hard to learn a little bit about the weather and it's localized patterns. That way you have a much better chance of figuring it out for yourself. I only listen to the long range mountain forecasts, and from that I can pretty much tell what it is likely to throw my way. And it is interesting, IMO.

**MisterD** · 18th June 2014, 18:23

Get used to it, we only have two weather forecasts most of the year: fine with occasional showers or showery with occasional fine spells.

**R650R** · 18th June 2014, 18:45

What weather forecast are you using???

I use metservice http://www.metservice.com/maps-radar...forecast-3-day as rough guide and also http://www.metvuw.com/forecast/forec...zni&noofdays=7

and http://earth.nullschool.net/#current...92,-37.75,1471

Really Auckland is so big it can be pissing down in one suburb and fine the next, lived there for 3 years and found it an easy place to ride/drive around the weather if you had the time...

**admenk** · 18th June 2014, 19:14

You should move to the Naki where it's sunny every day!.......almost

**Big Dog** · 19th June 2014, 01:42

Originally Posted by admenk

You should move to the Naki where it's sunny every day!.......almost

I'd it still hard to find reliable work down there?

Ps, when I lived down there I wore my wets every day. It rained at least ten minutes 300 days my first year there. Sunny most days too but boy it changes quick.

Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

**Brian d marge** · 19th June 2014, 01:59

your in the wrong Job

Move to wellington there are many that are so inept but can command large salaries

As of yet I have never seen one of them at my local WINZ

Stephen

**Swoop** · 19th June 2014, 10:07

Cyclone Lusi - A bit of wind and that was it.
This latest storm? Worst in 25yrs (apparently)? Where were all of the warnings about that?

There are two jobs that you cannot get fired from for being useless, weather forecasters and economic forecasters.
Shows what a few years at University will get ya, eh?

**Ocean1** · 19th June 2014, 11:07

Originally Posted by Swoop

There are two jobs that you cannot get fired from for being useless, weather forecasters and economic forecasters.
Shows what a few years at University will get ya, eh?

Oh, look, career advice.

Who’d have thought engineering would be so fickle. Let me tell you there’s absolutely nothing more obsolete than a successful development engineer.

Luckily the ratio of developments to engineers has skyrocketed in directly inverse proportion to the western world’s demand for developments and it's production of engineers.