/r/longrangechaos
From hurricanes in the Sahara, to blizzards in October, the long-range GFS predictions are not only inaccurate, but many times laughably so. This is a place to post your hilarious discoveries.
Weather prediction is like driving. If you predict something happening in 12 hours, you can't swerve to avoid it. But if you predict something 384 hours in advance, you can take proper action. In the same vein, a 12 hour forecast clearly is unable to predict rapid changes in the weather like a longer range 384 hour forecast.
Many people on /r/weather, /r/TropicalWeather, and other 'weather enthusiast' subreddits discredit the GFS for being 'inaccurate' or 'garbage.' I say we should embrace the long-range GFS forecasts.
Rules:
Titles must be written as headlines as if this was an imminent threat.
Take everything you see here as satire.
/r/longrangechaos
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Atlantic Hurricane to become MASSIVE extratropical storm that strikes Canada in early October
04:53 UTC
Who ordered another New England hurricane?
18:59 UTC
Massive Hurricane absolutely DECIMATES the Gulf Coast and Caribbean!
15:29 UTC
Massive storm rakes US on Thanksgiving weekend
19:55 UTC
Hurricane Nigel sits off the coast of North Carolina for 5 days
14:33 UTC
Hurricane Moira ABSOLUTELY DEMOLISHES New York and New Jersey
17:25 UTC
Lee strikes Atlantic Canada/Maine as an intense 963mb hurricane
14:51 UTC
INSANE snowstorm hits the rockies with several inches up to 2 feet of snow!!
00:26 UTC
New England HURRICANE
16:27 UTC
Hurricane RAVAGES the East Coast.
16:15 UTC
The heat continues
00:57 UTC
The Great Lakes & Mid-Atlantic heatwave that's been shown for a few runs now continues with the 18z GFS: Chicago & Wash. DC tie or break all time record high temperature records, + all time state/provincial records in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario & Virginia (not shown). In mid-September.
23:21 UTC
Early-mid September heat wave. Record breaking
14:32 UTC
Up to 2 feet of snow in Quebec and Newfoundland at the end of August.
16:09 UTC
INSANE September heat in the central US
21:18 UTC
When California keeps complaining about the drought so the GFS sends them a hurricane
20:47 UTC
Uhhhhhhh, GFS hates the south rn
00:40 UTC
Another crazy idea from the GFS
00:37 UTC
Record heat in the Deep South
00:34 UTC
The African Wave Train is a thing of the past! Welcome onboard the Florida Wave Train!
01:47 UTC
GFS again predicting record heat in the eastern US
17:52 UTC
Record breaking heat in the DC area
03:57 UTC
Monster Hurricane to demolish the Gulf Coast around August 30th.
08:28 UTC