CLEVELAND — If you spend any time scrolling through Facebook or TikTok in the winter, you've probably seen them--those viral "monster snowstorm" posts with maps showing Cleveland buried under two feet of snow ten days from now. They rack up thousands of shares, hundreds of comments, and a whole lot of confusion. And for your 3News meteorologists, they also create a bit of a headache.

Let’s talk about why these “hype” pages keep popping up, what they get wrong, and why it still matters — maybe more than ever — to trust actual meteorologists for your weather info.

The rise of the hype pages

Social media has changed how we consume weather. Anyone with a computer can now grab a model run, color it bright purple, and post “HISTORIC SNOWSTORM POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK."

It looks official. It fe

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