REVEALED: How Your Weather App Actually Decides If It’s Going To Rain

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A look into Australia’s most trusted source of hourly disappointment has revealed how the nation’s favourite weather app actually determines if it’s going to rain.

The all access invite, offered exclusively to The Advocate, gave unprecedented insight into one of the country’s most frequently opened and least accurate weather application.

“There’s always a lot of pressure on us from Aussies preparing for a picnic, a wedding, or a beach day” explained Darren Powell (43), a lead developer of the weather app.

“We get it wrong quite often, but we stick to tried and trusted methods that have given us better predictions than most scientific methods” he added.

During the visit, The Advocate was given the rare privilege of peeking behind the curtain to see how the app’s rain predictions are actually made.

After scanning their fingerprints and embarking on a fifteen minute elevator ride to a hidden basement office, reporters found a team of engineers huddled around a single desk.

“It might come as a surprise to the public” said Powell.

“but our most reliable forecasting method is actually a quick flip of the old ‘Yes or No’ rubber from primary school”

“It’s one of our oldest and most storied traditions here in the office” he continued.

“The rubber flip tradition started back in 1999, during the Y2K panic, when we agreed not to use computers that day”

“The flip happened to get that day’s forecast right, and we’ve trusted it ever since”

The flip was performed three times for accuracy, with the final result ready to go on weather apps across the country.