eli5 Why can data models predict the future climate but not the weather?

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Why can data models predict the future climate but not the weather?
Why are weather forecasts often wrong but modelling of the future climate highly accurate? I would presume a more complex system over a longer period would be harder to predict.

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Weather is a product of climate. So while minute weather patterns are too chaotic to predict, the overall contitions which set up these weather patterns are less chaotic and more predictable.

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