Weather Forecasting
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Weather ForecastingQuestions
- Why is weather forecasting so difficult?
- What is steady-state forecasting and what is it most useful for ?
- How is long-range weather forecasting different than short-range forecasting?
- Why is it important to be able to make accurate weather forecasting?
- How do changes in pressure relate to changes in weather?
- How have satellites influenced modern weather forecasting?
- What is a barometer and how is it useful for weather forecasting?
- Why are upper atmosphere measurements so important for weather forecasting?
- What is the process of putting together a weather prediction?
- Why are weather predictions important?
- What instruments are used for weather forecasting?
- Why are weather forecasts unreliable?
- How are computers used in weather forecasting?
- How does weather forecasting utilize statistics and probability?
- Does the wind direction affect the presence or absence of clouds? Why?
- How do we use technology to predict the weather?
- What are some of the measurement devices we use to describe the weather?