dtrain44 wrote:I think the Weather Underground crowd isn't really representative of the general public either, though. I'd say that the internet obviously makes it a lot easier to get that information, but that nobody in the general public is going to know much about invests unless there's a prediction for one to slam right into them - thankfully, most people who would talk about invests wouldn't make such a bold prediction....except on boards, right?
I think that when an area is coined an "invest" that local mets pick up on it and will mention it on their weathercasts.
When websites like Weather Underground start putting them up on the site there has to be more attention paid to them. I don't know how many hits Wunderground gets but it certainly adds more visibility to areas formerly known as "areas of disturbed weather" and largely ignored.