larknz:

 

They actually say somewhere on their web site that the predicted rainfall is a computer prediction. I'm not sure whether or not the computer looks out the window.

 

This is from the metservice website

 

 

you see, if the computer says no rain and the text says rain, you've got everything covered.

if the computer says rain and the text says no rain, you've got everything covered.

it's like economists saying - the house price will go down, but if everybody buys then it will go up. then at other times it says house prices will go up, but if nobody buys it will go down.

before the days of the internet it used to be called astrology.