More ARs, More Misunderstanding

Here’s an update from Daniel Swain, climate scientist from of UCLA about the atmospheric rivers poised to hit the state in the next couple days and again next week. https://weatherwest.com/archives/24693

But take a look at the last section, where he comments on “A brief reflection on communicating risk to diverse audiences.” We have so much good, accurate information coming together when forecasters need to communicate risk and what’s going to happen, often in probabilistic terms. Unfortunately, so much misinformation and misinterpretation gets into the mix, that people may not take something serious, serious enough.