Why COVID-19 is Throwing Off the Accuracy of Weather Forecasts

A surprising repercussion of the COVID-19 pandemic is that the accuracy of weather forecasts has gone down. Weather is a big deal on a farm, and I use both the Dark Sky and AccuWeather apps to prepare for what's coming. But a couple of weeks ago, I noticed the forecasts going wonky. They'd say a week of rain was coming, and it wound up being clear. Or vice versa. And temperatures were off. Now I've learned why: The mass grounding of flights. I had no idea weather forecasters harvested data...