Roundoff error
Jul. 11th, 2004 12:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jim_pI brought something outside to paint it today. During the day it was nice and clear, so I put on two primer coats. A few hours later I say "hmmm, primer's probably dry now, if the weather holds out overnight I can paint it and have the whole thing dry by morning."
So I surf over to weather.com, punch in my zipcode, and check the forecast. "Overnight: Clear, temps in the 60s, precip 0%". Great!
Go outside, paint paint paint, uh, is that a drop I feel? Shit! I manage to drag the thing under the porch roof so it doesn't get rained on, and finish painting it there.
I guess that "0%" wasn't quite zero, but the website only seems to report precipitation probabilities in multiples of 10%. Thanks, guys.
So I surf over to weather.com, punch in my zipcode, and check the forecast. "Overnight: Clear, temps in the 60s, precip 0%". Great!
Go outside, paint paint paint, uh, is that a drop I feel? Shit! I manage to drag the thing under the porch roof so it doesn't get rained on, and finish painting it there.
I guess that "0%" wasn't quite zero, but the website only seems to report precipitation probabilities in multiples of 10%. Thanks, guys.
