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2023-12-20 13:14:36 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B919AC96B922A98AD0803B42BD325768918F70D2C1CE0BEC52AF5732DEFD13C6
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The photo refers to a commonly referenced myth that a weather forecast's stated chance of rain is saying that a percentage of an area will definitely receive rain. But this is untrue, the forecasted chance is exactly that, the chance of rain for a given area or point. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/04/19/fact-check-viral-post-errs-meaning-30-chance-rain/11682149002/ https://www.weather.gov/media/pah/WeatherEducation/pop.pdf
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