What is the point of A Weatherman, seriously?

I’m not sure how much an Anchor Man/Woman earns in a year, but with recent weather happenings I’ve come to be very mystified by why some markets even pay them for service at all . . .

In LA we had Mark Kriskie, (never mind that the guy was “out sick” every few weeks, and returning with a new and OBVIOUS nip/tuck of some sort), but what the heck weather is there to tell about in LA? Seriously? It’s mid 60’s every night, and mid 70’s every day all year ‘round, with the exception of literally two weeks a year when it rains on and off. And the ONE thing we NEED to know about in LA, earthquakes, can’t be foretold.

Florida is another great example. In certain parts of Florida, the forcast for the summer is literally thunderstorms every single day. That’s the forcast, not the actual weather. It’s all because of the nature of the tropical climate which causes “out of the blue” storms, while it’s sunny all day. Well if the weather people can’t tell us the useful information . . . when it’s going to actually rain . . . then why are they there?! In another part of Florida, I’ve been rained on twice now (on my motorcycle), because I checked the weather in the morning and it said sunny all day. Well an everglades native recently explained to me the dynamic of the hot and cold air that meet up and cause random torrential showers that can’t be predicted.

We all KNOW it’s going to be 95 degrees all summer here in Florida . . . what we NEED to know is when it’s going to rain. (Hurricane predictions are great, but that watch is only needed for a very small part of the year).

With dopplers and meteorologists posting all the relevant data on sites like weather.com, why are we paying weather people to be on TV and not tell us anything useful?

Again, I’m mystified. Any insight will be greatly appreciated!