| Astro-meteorology is the practice of making | | | | times resulted in bizarre forecasts of blizzards in |
| long-range weather forecasts based on the | | | | mid-July etc. |
| ancient rules of astrology. One of the 20th | | | | When all was said and done and the three sets of |
| centuries foremost astro-meteorologists was G.J. | | | | forecasts were compared with the actual |
| McCormack, known as the weather prophet of | | | | weather patterns experienced, McCormack's |
| Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Back in the 60s when | | | | astro-meteorological forecasts were consistently |
| John Campbell was editor of Analog (Science | | | | rated 94 percent accurate. The random forecasts |
| Fiction-Science Fact) magazine, G.J. McCormack | | | | were rated 17 percent higher than the Weather |
| participated in an experiment with Analog to see if | | | | Bureau's Long-Range Weather Outlooks. |
| weather patterns could be predicted on a | | | | A small group of astro-meteorologists exists |
| long-range basis for six consecutive months. | | | | today and carries on McCormack's work. Based |
| McCormack provided long-range forecasts based | | | | on his method, I routinely post long-range |
| on astro-meteorological techniques. The United | | | | forecasts and their results to test the premises |
| States Weather Bureau's Long-Range Weather | | | | of this ancient forecast technique. As we draw |
| Outlooks were published for the same forecast | | | | closer to the beginning of this year's hurricane |
| period along with McCormack's forecasts. A third | | | | season, I've posted a number of long-range |
| random type of forecast was also generated by | | | | forecasts that pinpoint the times and places when |
| a spin-the-wheel type of apparatus, which at | | | | tropical systems may affect the United States. |