Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2020-11 to 2026-03.
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Matt Meister claims that modern meteorological science has advanced significantly through better technology and computing power, making forecasts much more accurate than they were in the past.
“and people that say oh you know you guys don't know what you're doing I mean really there's not that much that gets messed up about three like three days and in nowadays like the science of meteorology is pretty good.”
Colorado Business Podcast · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 19K views on this topicHuman forecasters add essential value beyond computer models in volatile weather scenarios by identifying preferred tracks or risk levels.
“But there's always an additional extra piece of value that the human on top of the model forecast can give. Now sometimes the value might be quite small. In stable weather setups, there's not a huge amount you can add. But in very volatile setups, if you've got a windstorm that, you know, 100 miles ”
Numberphile2 · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 3K views on this topicHe maintains that typhoons are essentially hurricanes occurring in a specific part of the world, rather than massive waves.
“I think a typhoon is just a hurricane in that hemisphere in the ocean doesn't it Go the opposite direction I swear to god dude I'm the weather man you don't [ __ ] about it's just a it's just you thought typhoons were big waves because of like water rides being named typhoon”
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast · Nov 2020 · 1 episode · 571K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.