2006-06-28 10:29:37 · 11 answers · asked by ejs68 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Sunshine is expected.
2006-06-28 12:34:04 · answer #1 · answered by ohyeahthatscrit 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because some people want a numerical estimate of the likelihood of measurable precipitation for tasks such as painting outdoors or watering their garden. Even if the phrase "40% chance of sunshine" were meaningful*, it wouldn't help much to someone deciding about doing those things.
*It is not really meaningful because there are degrees of sunshine - it can be bright and direct from the solar disc, can be scattered by thin clouds and thus diffuse yet still pretty bright - or can occasionally peek in & out of clouds and be breifly very bright but dark otherwise. Can be 100% cloudy and 0% wet - so you get neither the rain nor much sunshine.
2006-06-29 00:48:00 · answer #2 · answered by Joseph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If either condition has the possibility has detrimental effects on lives, usually it will be rain. In most cases, if there is a high probablity of sunshine, then who cares?
On the other hand, in an area suffering from drought conditions, te probablity of rain is also more important than the probability of continued sunshine.
2006-06-28 17:35:58 · answer #3 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's just the way they have it set up. Today, for example, where i live there is a 0% chance of rain.
2006-07-02 19:34:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's going to rain on 60% of the area in question. That's no gurantee that the sun will come out elsewhere.
2006-06-28 17:37:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because they have to report what is out of the ordinary, not what is normal. If you normally have lots of rain, they will report sun, and vice versa.
2006-06-29 13:16:42 · answer #6 · answered by sallymarlyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can have a cloudy day...
you can say 40% of no rain but that would be silly
2006-06-28 17:33:07 · answer #7 · answered by PeteRock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beats me
2006-06-28 17:32:49 · answer #8 · answered by Arashikitty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because weathermen/women hate their lives and are pessimists?
2006-06-28 17:34:49 · answer #9 · answered by Kool-Aid Man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the glass half empty or half full?
2006-06-28 17:32:29 · answer #10 · answered by clarity? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋