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Old July 15th 04, 08:40 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Chef! writes:
Now I am confused. I sometimes refer to www.metcheck.com. Their 7-day
forecast predicts rainfall to the nearest mm, windspeed to +/- 1 mph,
pressure to the nearest mb, cloud cover to +/-1%.

Does that mean that they are reporting figures to a spurious degree of
accuracy or are their predictions really that accurate for the weather 7
days from now?


The former. You can't achieve that degree of accuracy for a one-day
forecast, never mind seven days.
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