Our local forecasters totally suck at predicting rain. I understand that TV stations cover a broad area, but around here they tend to over-predict -- that is, they make it sound like the day is going to be a washout and we end up getting nothing or a few sprinkles. However, they sometimes blow it the other way as well, and we get rain when they are calling for clear weather. I don't know why they even bother with 5-day forecasts because they have enough problems just predicting the next day.