RANT - Bay Area Weather Forecaster... er, Guessers

I know San Francisco and its environs boast a number of micro-climates, and I know we've got El Nino (or is it El Nina?) affecting weather conditions this season. I also know that American forecasters love to describe every bit of rain or snow a "storm". 

I also know local weather forecasters are about as good as Stevie Wonder when it comes to watching the developing systems, sticking their fingers in the air, and making wild guesses about what's going to happen with tomorrow's weather.

But - and this is a shorts and tee-shirt clad interjection - I've just been out in what yesterday's forecast said would be "coldest weather of the season" and it was positively Mediterranean.

Here's what the local (and national) buffoons said just yesterday (Tuesday) ....

"A cold Arctic air mass is expected to arrive in the Bay Area with near-freezing or freezing temperatures likely Tuesday night and over the next few days.

The National Weather Service says the cold front will bring the coldest weather of the season and could bring record low temperatures throughout the Bay Area. Light snow is possible down to 1,500 feet.

The storm should dust Mount Hamilton with some snow as well, according to Steve Anderson, a forecaster with the National Weather Service." 

A freeze watch is in effect for the San Francisco Bay shoreline, the East Bay's inland valleys, the North Bay's valleys and mountains and Santa Clara Valley.

Forecasters say the coldest temperatures will be Tuesday night through Thursday but that conditions will remain chilly.

Once the storm system clears out, the South Bay will experience some chilly conditions, with overnight lows dropping as low as 33 degrees, according to the weather service. On Thanksgiving Day, sunny skies with a high of 54 is expected".

Right now (Wednesday mid-day) it's looking like the weather forecast is a fictional work of Oprah Book Club proportions.

Here's hoping I don't have to eat these words, seeing as I'm off to the airport to pick up Lawrence, who is arriving from the UK for a week of golf and alcoholic mayhem.