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2023-08-28 17:17:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 08C2FF89CB8EEE1496F7B3E18C439F0696C00A03C2061881A0071227A34792DF
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This is a commonly referenced myth that a weather forecast's stated chance of rain means 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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