Eli5 How do weather forecasts differentiate whether it will remain cloudy or the clouds will lead to rain?

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How do we know that it will remain cloudy but won’t rain? Or if the clouds will surmount to any precipitation?

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* Gather lots and lots and lots of data about weather conditions all over the area.
* Watch what happens. Compare your observations to what happened.
* Have tons of these observations and results over a long time.
* Gather lots and lots of data about the weather conditions right now.
* Look at everything you’ve learned about what happens when the conditions are like this.
* Make an educated guess.

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