Illinois TV Meteorologist Has Perfect Response to ‘Basement Social Mediaologists’

A meteorologist from a central Illinois TV station has had enough of people trying to predict the weather who aren't actually in the industry.

'I Will Eat My Sock For Dinner'

Jacob Dickey is one of four meteorologists at Champaign-based CBS affiliate WCIA. By the looks of his personal website, Dickey is well-versed in just about everything you'd need to know to forecast the weather having even gone on to graduate school at Mississippi State University.

You can probably see why it would be completely understandable how he would be so upset about amateur weather forecasters trying to discredit his work.

Dickey took to Facebook over the weekend where shared a graphic showing expected snowfall with a giant red X over it.

"The basement social mediaologists are at it again," Dickey wrote. "If Effingham gets a foot of snow on Tuesday, I will eat my sock."

Science Behind Weather Forecasting

Trained meteorologists, while not always correct, tend to use an element of science to backup the presentations you see on screen during the news broadcast.

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Dickey feels this is what is lacking from most people who share weather data online without proper training.

"Anyone with a computer and the internet can access raw data for weather models, but some treat them as outright forecasts and present them that way, even if they say "not a forecast," have colorful graphics, a sponsor logo and claim they are not hyping," he wrote in the post. "It's about likes, clicks and money for them, more than it is the reasonable scientific snowfall forecasting approach."

As for his forecast, Dickey is predicting snowfall to be between 2-4 inches in the area. We'll know in the next 24 hours if he ends up having that sock for dinner.