So the "Winter Weather Watch" has been canceled, the "Freezing Rain Watch" is in effect, and the "Ice Storm Warning" is off. Is it just me, or is meteorology a very imprecise science? Not only can't they predict the weather tomorrow, but their technical terminology is vague, ambiguous, and follows no logic I can discern.
Maybe it's just so complex that us untrained weather laymen should just mind our own business!
I think the terminology is perfectly logical. It's the same logic that burdens everyday products (and especially pharmaceuticals) with enormous warning stickers and instruction manuals listing every imaginable way you could hurt yourself.
Suppose you're in the business of giving out warnings, whether for products or weather. If you don't give a warning and someone gets hurt, then you can be blamed for not having warned them. But there's no blame for giving out too many warnings, even if this will result in people ignoring the warnings altogether.
BB: I see what you're saying, but at least I can understand the intent of "Warning: do not stick pencil in eye!" I've got no idea what the difference is between a "winter weather warning" and a "freezing rain advisory"... does anyone??