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2023-08-28 16:20:20 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 08F6EB5101760950EF470CE332B9343C4798D6440C758C3A5429C3BC1CC4B678
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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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