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ElectronicDiver2310 t1_j5ll6ft wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Kristin Emery's snowfall charts ... WTF? by mckzach

And it represented it perfectly. And not always northern areas get more snow. So you assumption is incorrect. Are familiar with conception of gradient? Yeah, it's a math conception but it's heavily used in meteorology. Very often days are presented to reflect gradient of something. And sometimes color is used to reflect gradients.

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[deleted] t1_j5logn9 wrote

>And sometimes color is used to reflect gradients.

Just furthers my point - a map, be it color-coded or not, with snowfall totals overlayed would better show the gradient. Numbers in a table don't show how weather changed across a region if you have no reference points (that is to say, if you don't know where these places are, the numbers are pretty meaningless). It'd be fine for logging data for reference, but in this instance there were better choices for sharing that information.

Edit: this is an old article but the thumbnail shows the general idea of what I'm talking about

https://www.wtae.com/amp/article/pittsburgh-weather-snow-total-projections/38769632

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ElectronicDiver2310 t1_j5m4he0 wrote

Nope, you are making too many assumptions. Data on the table shows everything. Taking into account how weather models wor and it discrete nature tables or N-Dimensional matrices table are very natural in this area.

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