Sounds like it didn't "go around" you if it rained and cancelled the JV game. Sounds to me like it came just as predicted, and I'm guessing you are about 75-100 miles east of the E-town/Bowling Green area. Am I right? So you are trying to support my argument for using radar to predict when a game may be rained out before driving 100 miles right? You saw it was going to rain and bygolly it did. Amazing isn't it? Guess what, if you had been 100 miles west then you would have gotten your varsity game rained out in the third inning instead of JV, just like we told them. Thanks for the support, I appreciate it.

The weather is wacky in KY, man. Radar, no radar...it don't matter. It can be pouring down rain on one side of the street and dry as a bone on the other. Storms move, change direction....it will pucker up, get dark and windy then sprinkle for 15 seconds and then the sun will come out. If you are scheduled to play....even if it is away and it is not raining where the game is being played, you gotta make the trip. If your AD is confused as to why you are spending $200-$300 a day when you know you can't play, ask him to call the AD of the opposing school to are scheduled to travel and play against or call the KHSAA.

I KNOW the weather around here changes, but I also have two college degrees and working on a third. I can read a radar that shows rain coming from hundreds of miles away, watch it travel across the state, see yellow and red areas as well as dark green, and I KNOW it will rain. I'm not talking thunderstorms, as it seems everyone else is. I'm talking about a warm or cold front coming in from the west that EVERYONE can watch and see coming and know it's going to rain. Thunderstorms hit and miss, weather fronts move through and are very predictable. There's a difference, but judging from this thread it's easy to see why KY ranks low in education. Just like the earlier post who made my point more valid but thought he was being correct. Incredible. Use common sense folks, that's all I'm saying. If MLB, college, and semi-pro teams use radar to make predictions I guess high schools would be crazy for doing the same thing. I've been to Reds games where they've delayed the start because of "APPROACHING" weather. Wonder how in the world they knew the weather was APPROACHING and that they should delay? I know they wouldn't use radar b.c as we've stated, it's almost always wrong in KY, or at least at the high school level. :-)

Is your comment about the KY education system a direct insult to those of us who disagree with you? We are entitled to our opinions on this matter and just because we do not agree with you, that is really no reason to insult our education system. You are a high school baseball coach????

Is your comment about the KY education system a direct insult to those of us who disagree with you?

 

That's the way I took it.

 

Many times last year, when our area needed rain so badly, I watched fronts move through that stretched several states only to break apart once they hit the extremely dry air of the southern part of the state. Many times I saw what appeared to be the entire county covered in green on the radar only to find later it was virga, rain that was evaporating before it reached the ground. Sometimes fronts slow or stall out before reaching a certain area. Radar is a usefull tool, especially short term, but I don't think I could call a game two or three hours early based on what is going on many miles away.

 

But then again, I'm a product of the Kentucky education system so what do I know.

I stand corrected. I am the product of an eastern KY education system and I'm way more intelligent thanmost. My apologies to the KY education system, my remarks were aimed more at my co-posters. I am sure your teachers tried their best to teach you better. I feel you would be saying the same thing no matter where you were educated. Every situation has exceptions and I am sure you could point them out several times. I'll make the statement that if colleges and pro teams have decided that it is prudent to use modern technology to help with weather forcasting then I will accept it as a useful tool. I will make future decision for my team with this in mind. You are entitled to continue to do it your way and I hope gas prices doesn't affect your teams schedule. Unfortunately I am certain it will ours since as much has been stated to me by my A.D.

It has nothing to do with education. Meteorologist have college degrees, and are wrong sometimes, and just because a radar has a green line of precipitation does not mean it is going to rain or tell you how long it is going to rain.