So, if you're looking at a visual weather forecast and it looks like this:
With the day, then a big number on the top (the high) and a little number on the bottom (the low), is the little number/low the lowest it will get THAT night, or the night leading into the day?
For example, on this one Thursday's high is 75 and low 57. Does that mean the coldest it will be Thursday going into Friday is 57, or that the coldest it was Wednesday going into Thursday was 57?
I ask because as of midnight, it isn't "Thursday" anymore, but presumably the coldest "overnight" temperatures come closer to sunrise, when it's been the longest since there's been any light and radiant heat--hence the coldest it will be from Thursday going into Friday will actually happen ON Friday.
Post by trafficgirl on Nov 24, 2014 11:54:51 GMT -5
You're right in that typically the coldest time of the day is in the very early morning. So typically that low refers to the low in the morning - meaning that Thursday's low of 57 would happen early Thursday morning and the low for Thursday night/Friday morning is forecast to be 58 degrees.
However, if there's a big cold front coming in or something (POLAR VORTEX!!!!11!!), then the low really could occur at the end of the day instead of the beginning.
You're right in that typically the coldest time of the day is in the very early morning. So typically that low refers to the low in the morning - meaning that Thursday's low of 57 would happen early Thursday morning and the low for Thursday night/Friday morning is forecast to be 58 degrees.
However, if there's a big cold front coming in or something (POLAR VORTEX!!!!11!!), then the low really could occur at the end of the day instead of the beginning.
So, you're saying that the little number on the bottom is the low typically indicates the coldest temperature leading INTO the day, not leading OUT of the day?
I understand there are flukes and stuff with cold fronts, etc., but I'm talking typically. Let's say the low for Thursday is 57, but the low for Friday is 35. Does that mean I need to plan on a coat Friday morning as I get ready for work, or not until Saturday morning?
Also, if it means just the coldest it will be within the 24 hour period between 12am Thursday and 12am Friday, then I'm ticked because the visual depiction indicates that it will somehow lead into the next day, since we read left to right and from up to down. FRUSTRATING.
Post by groovybuttons on Nov 24, 2014 12:01:11 GMT -5
Pretty sure it's the lowest in that 24 hr period. Those temps are fairly consistent throughout the week so it's likely that it will be 57 degrees in the wee morning hours. What does the hourly forecast say?
So, like, Thursday it says low of 57 that is the what the lowest temp for Thursday will be. So anytime after 12am Thursday it will get down to 57.
I am like 95% sure this is how it is.
This is my understanding. It's also my understanding that this is always fucking wrong and the high happens at like 4pm and it's closer to the low all day. I hate the range.
Makes me nuts too.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO PLAN TO PUT ON MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN IN THE MORNING.
So, you're saying that the little number on the bottom is the low typically indicates the coldest temperature leading INTO the day, not leading OUT of the day?
I understand there are flukes and stuff with cold fronts, etc., but I'm talking typically. Let's say the low for Thursday is 57, but the low for Friday is 35. Does that mean I need to plan on a coat Friday morning as I get ready for work, or not until Saturday morning?
Also, if it means just the coldest it will be within the 24 hour period between 12am Thursday and 12am Friday, then I'm ticked because the visual depiction indicates that it will somehow lead into the next day, since we read left to right and from up to down. FRUSTRATING.
I always think of the low as the overnight temperature leading into the higher range and back down again after sundown.
Then visually it should be on the TOP because it comes FIRST. This is making me insane. The whole world should sort itself out visually the way that makes sense in my head.
This is, for real, why I can't use Pinterest. I can't make visual sense of it and it makes me nuts.
Then visually it should be on the TOP because it comes FIRST. This is making me insane. The whole world should sort itself out visually the way that makes sense in my head.
This is, for real, why I can't use Pinterest. I can't make visual sense of it and it makes me nuts.
The lower temp is what it will be *that* night, it's not for the night before or early morning.
You've lost me. This sounds the opposite of what everyone else said.
The temps aren't that different, IMO. 56 and 60 are pretty close. It's not like you're deciding between a bikini and a parka. Just put everyone in layers.
The temps aren't that different, IMO. 56 and 60 are pretty close. It's not like you're deciding between a bikini and a parka. Just put everyone in layers.
Lol.
This is a sample forecast I pulled off of Google images.
I always think of the low as the overnight temperature leading into the higher range and back down again after sundown.
Then visually it should be on the TOP because it comes FIRST. This is making me insane. The whole world should sort itself out visually the way that makes sense in my head.
This is, for real, why I can't use Pinterest. I can't make visual sense of it and it makes me nuts.
I totally get what you are saying, but it does make since visually since it's high temp on top and low temp on bottom, so it's showing the high-low range for that day as a whole.
Then visually it should be on the TOP because it comes FIRST. This is making me insane. The whole world should sort itself out visually the way that makes sense in my head.
This is, for real, why I can't use Pinterest. I can't make visual sense of it and it makes me nuts.
The lower temp is what it will be *that* night, it's not for the night before or early morning.
I don't know where people are getting the idea that it's for the period before the day's high temp LOL
The low temperature you see on our 10-day forecast pages is valid for the overnight period (7pm – 7am local time) following the day in which the temperature is displayed. Because the time at which the lowest temperature occurs is usually around sunrise, the low is technically during the 24-hr calendar day for the following day.
e.g., the Low you see in the Tuesday display is the lowest temperature in the period between 7pm Tuesday and 7am Wednesday. The time at which that low temperature occurs is typically closer to that 7am hour.
You've lost me. This sounds the opposite of what everyone else said.
Because they are wrong.
YW.
I don't know how people function sometimes, this is up there with "would you eat this"
Hey now. I wasn't wrong. I said "wee morning hours" and that falls in between your 7p-7a you posted. To me, wee morning hours means after midnight, before sunrise.
It's the other logic in here I don't understand haha
When I'm watching the weather forecast on TV they're always talking about how the lows are lowest in the morning, and given that the lows are shown by day, I thought they were for that day, meaning in the morning. I don't think it's that unreasonable to think that way. I'm fine being wrong in my assumption. And I get where cville's confusion came from.
When I'm watching the weather forecast on TV they're always talking about how the lows are lowest in the morning, and given that the lows are shown by day, I thought they were for that day, meaning in the morning. I don't think it's that unreasonable to think that way. I'm fine being wrong in my assumption. And I get where cville's confusion came from.
Why would they give forecast information for a temperature after it would have already happened?
That's true for the initial day, but not for the other days. Those are still forecasts.
I see what you're getting at though, and yes, it does make sense that way. Obviously that point of logic hadn't occurred to me.
No wonder I nearly didn't pass Logic 101 in college.