But what passes as a weatherman ‘groundside’ is merely a pretender.
The hab has a guy that can rain you out, or dry you out.
If it suits the mood.
She's right, of course. Most weathermen are incompetent, if the measure of competence is the ability to affect the weather.
Most of them don't even try. They're willing to just attempt to predict it.
Imperial Weathermen have the responsibility of controlling the weather ... on at least two planets.