• IzzyScissor@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    A “40% chance of rain” does not mean that there is a 40% chance that it will rain in general. It could mean anything from “there’s a 50% chance that 80% of the area will receive rainfall” to “there’s a 100% chance that only 40% of the area will receive rainfall”.

    It’s dumb, but it makes a weird sort of sense when you realize you have to talk about entire area codes about something that can be hyper-localized or extremely broad. Don’t expect it to be too personalized.