To the viewer he is like the weather - love it today, hate it tomorrow. The latter happens when his prediction goes wide off the mark.'O a bo a re shapa ka dithupa Radithupa (Radithupa is lying)' is an all too common expression - Radithupa also admits to hearing it often.He has an anecdote; one angry man told him to stop behaving like he is God and stop lying about the weather.To him such myriad responses speak to people's ignorance about his work as they also show that his 'customers' appreciate his work.He says that it is called a weather forecast because it guarantees no accuracy, as is the case with economic and financial predictions. "And most of them do not turn out to be true," he remarks about forecasts from other disciplines.
Radithupa says meteorology is a complex science dealing with uncertainties of the atmosphere. That the atmosphere is dynamic and open to a margin of errors in the process of weather predictions, is a worldwide concern.He says that they use a variety of models from countries such as Japan, Europe and USA as well as a homegrown one.He says the system can only allow for predictions that cover a wide area. A rain prediction for Gaborone would not specify the exact location(s) in the city. It could then rain in Old Naledi while a different weather is experienced in Mogoditshane."We will always work hard to refine the product and tailor-make it for our customers," he says, adding that their forecasts are reliable. He says people appreciate his work because he takes his vocation seriously."People use my work to make decisions," he asserts about sectors such as construction industry, Agriculture and the Health sector. He says even ordinary decisions such as doing laundry depend on his trade.
