If we can't predict the weather more than a few days ahead, how can we predict what it will be in years ahead?

Question

Linds, you mean check on NATURAL trends? Trends that happened LONG before man even walked the earth?

Answer 1

I never type in capitalized letters, but for this time only...THANK YOU CINDY!!!!! Ice core samples and tree rings are a flawed science...they just don't tell you about the flaws.

Answer 2

For longterm prediction, it is based on a overall approach and studies trends and past patterns to predict the future. For short-term weather predictions, they only study radar and doppler maps, which may or may not give an accurate prediction as mother nature is very fickle.

No one really knows for sure what the future holds, but I have read many books on the subject and depending upon where you live will have the most impact of what global warming,which will severely affect whether, will produce. From all I have read, rebuilding New Orleans is a HUGE mistake as it is not only probable or possible but most likely to occur again in our lifetime, not just the distant future.

Answer 3

Scientists can go back and look at the earth in certain areas and see trends in the weather. They can test samples of the ice from arctic areas and determine temperatures at certain points in time. So they can use this type of data as a guideline for predicting weather in the future.

Answer 4

Nowadays the global warming starts spreading when the ozones hole occurred, it heat up the earth to prevent another ice age happen. However the climate can be the same because of the world's location, and may changed a bit by bit through years because earthcrust is still moving, which was once together in long long long years ago.

Answer 5

it is called forecasting, something similar to what pollsters do: it is now a highly scientific approach used in establishing trends mainly in marketing and politics. The problem is that when studies are paid for by special interest groups, do you just present the figures or do you present your interpretation of the data. What is you wanted the business in the long run, then the amount of times the reports are scrapped and re-done would give an idea of the amount of softening put into such reports.

Boaz.

Answer 6

Weather is very difficult to predict because of the huge number of parameters involved. All we can say is in which direction the global temperature is going. We can't predict whether it is going to rain on a particular day next year any better than for some day next week !!!

You may also want to search google for "Butterfly Effect"

Answer 7

The scientific evidence of global warming is incontrovertible. If you choose not to believe what scientists are saying only because we can't tell with certainty if is going to rain on the weekend, that's your prerrogative. But global warming is not going to cease or stop only because you don't believe. The most responsible thing we as citizens can do is read what the experts are saying and find out what we can do to help.

Answer 8

In this case it's not predicting the WEATHER, but the CLIMATE.

Climate is predictable, weather is not.

The climate is changing due to global warming, and the longer the government covers it up the worse.

Answer 9

meteorologists hypothisize what will happen in years to come based on the history of the weather in a given place, plus the recent history of the location.