"…because [[weather]] is so variable from one place to another, the [[observer]] on the spot can do something that the professionals cannot hope to emulate β see the state of the right-[[now]] weather as it affects them."
"Listen to the forecasts, note what they say and then use your own [[knowledge]] to refine the [[details]] for your own area." [[forecasting]]
"No [[distance]] at all and yet it can make all the difference between, in this case, the brilliant but not threatening [[storm]] we experienced or a truly terrifying ordeal made doubly bad by local [[flooding]]."