RE: See weather forecast below....Would you cancel?

[Jeffrey]

 
O.K. it s Thursday.
 You have a camping trip planned and this is what the Weather Channel says ............  Would you cancel or go?
 

Today
 Jun 05 Partly Cloudy 77ø/56ø (10 % chance)
 Fri
 Jun 06 Partly Cloudy 79ø/59ø (0 % chance)
 Sat
 Jun 07 Rain 67ø/64ø (40 % chance)
 Sun
 Jun 08 Isolated T-Storms 74ø/61ø (30 % chance)

 Oh, and it s a whole hours drive!

[AustinBoston]

 Jeffrey
Here in New England, forecasts are accurate for the next six hours, an educated guess for the 6-24 hour range, a crapshoot for the following day, and pure entertainment beyond that.
 
 In other words, the forecast given on Thursday is only good for Friday.  Nobody knows what s going to happen after that.
 
 Austin

[garym053]

 Jeffrey
And sometimes they don t even get the 6 hour forecasts right!!! BUT my motto has become " Camping in the rain is better than NOT camping!"

[whitestar505]

 garym053
Garymo53,
 
     I disagree respectfully, Even the dogs know enough to get out of the rain.

[garym053]

 Jeffrey
Sorry, I don t buy your reasoning! I have an awning on the pop-up. I have a quik Shade canopy over the picnic table & cooking area, and listening to the rain while reading a good book or just watching the drops hit the ground is very relaxing! I ll take RAINY camping to NOT camping any day!

[kathybrj]

 Jeffrey
I agree with gary. We work too hard for our money to end up cancelling reservations just because of rain (and in NY with Reserve America, it can cost some $$ to cancel last minute [:@] ). And we worked wayyyyy too hard to purchase the pop up. There s no way  it s going to sit at home just because of a rainy forcast.
 
 It rained late Friday of Memorial Day weekend and part of Saturday, then it started to clear and Sunday was beautiful until 10pm. It rained over night and was misty when we broke camp to head home. All in all we had a great weekend- we got bike riding in, walked the dogs, ate well, slept great and best of all, we weren t home!
 
 The rain just doesn t slow us down. We simply can t afford for it to. []

[Turn Key]

 Jeffrey
I m one of two at this point that wouldn t go.  Just don t care to have to worry about getting the tenting dry.  Now if it were reversed to where the rain was to be at the beginning of the trip, that would make a big difference.
 
 PS: Starting the search for a smaller 5 er which we hope to purchase within the next 2 years.  When that happens, this will no longer be an issue.

[Opie431]

 Jeffrey
I think you are just being mean with you low chances of rain.  It has rained and been cold so much here that I could not put in my garden.  We would go with 80% chance every day.  We have rain coats put at the end of the trunk by the door so we can get them before we begin to set up

[slowpez]

 Jeffrey
We didn t learn to set up in the rain for nothing!  Some of our best trips have been the rainy ones.  Besides, we don t shrink (although it would certainly be great for weight control).

[Preacher]

 Jeffrey
You have greater odds that it won t rain than that it will!  If I let a 30 to 40% chance of rain keep me from camping, I would have missed many a good camping trip.

[Jeffrey]

 Jeffrey

I think you are just being mean with you low chances of rain.

I m confused at what that means?[&:] It was just a forecast I copied from the weather channel site. I didn t write it.
 And I don t control the weather believe it or not? []
 

[HottFamily4]

 Jeffrey
No guarantee it is going to rain, so you bet we would go. More room at the campground for us.

[texacokat]

 Jeffrey
I have to say that you all back east are experiencing a typical Chicago spring...cold and rainy for EVER.
 
 So yes we would go, rain or no rain.  But when I complained the other day about an inaccurate weather forecast, DS says, " Mom, everybody complains about the weatherman, but he has the toughest job in the world.  Newscasters just talk about the past, what s already  happened -- weathermen predict the future!"
 

[whitestar505]

 texacokat

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[angelsmom10]

 Jeffrey
DD is going tent camping today with similar forcast (rain, thunder storms - maybe severe, and lows in the mid to upper 50 s).
 
 It s with a group of graduated senior girls from high school.  Really no experience in camping.  
 
 Our DD has camped (including tent) in heavy rain with a tent that leaked very badly, but she is the most experienced.  Glad I m not the mother going with them[][]
 
 We offered to come along with the camper, but DD says .........
 
 NO WAY
 
 Think she s trying to tell us something.