Real or fake? How to verify weather information you see on social media

Real or fake? How to verify weather information you see on social media

Dramatic snowfall maps and predictions of major weather events, often shared by non-meteorologists or "weather-enthusiasts",…

The National Desk

By Audrey Leigh

As social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok become primary sources of information for many people, misleading weather posts are increasingly going viral, causing public confusion.

Dramatic snowfall maps and predictions of major weather events, often shared by non-meteorologists or “weather-enthusiasts”, can mislead the public about what is real or fake.

The majority of these posts typically involve screenshots of weather model runs labeled as forecasts, but they do not represent final predictions. Forecast models are tools for evaluating possible scenarios, and their long-range outputs can change rapidly as weather systems develop…

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