Rosário satisfied with SMG’s ability to predict rainstorms

Raimundo Arrais do Rosário, Secretary for Transport and Public Works, said he is satisifed with the rainstorm forecasting ability of the Meteorological and Geophysics Bureau (SMG).
He described the bureau as having done a “good job and doing its job correctly.”
“If the SMG really could predict so accurately, [the odds] almost mean that I can definitely win the Mark Six lottery.” Rosário said, “Nowadays, it is not the case that you can know everything if you pay for a [weather forecasting] machine. There is no such machine.”
The Secretary stressed that there is a big difference between the rainstorm and typhoon information released in Macau and its neighbors. Macau uses a “weather forecast system” while its neighbors use a “weather report system.” The forecast system means that the amount of rainfall in an upcoming period of several hours is judged manually, so it may not always be correct.
“We can consider whether we should continue to use the weather forecast system or switch to the weather report system.” he said.
Macau has recently been experiencing frequent rainstorms, and many citizens have expressed dissatisfaction with how the SMG’s response, with many expressing frustration with the inconvenience caused by the SMG’s forecasts. Staff Reporter