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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Noadays, it is more of a computer prediction than a weatherman’s prediction. Before, the only way anyone could predict the weather is with using a weather chart to figure out where the fronts were, how fast temperatures were changing, how cloud cover was acting, etc, etc. They are still used today but, computer models are followed more for the quicker predictions than having to have someone reading the charts all the time. Plus, there is a cost value in that too. Knowing how to read and plot the charts gives you a bit higher pay scale than someone that can plug data into a computer.

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