How accurate are daily weather forecasts?

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How can meteorologists predict weather forecasts with accuracy? After how many days out do forecasts lose accuracy? What factors make weather forecasts hard to predict?

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3 days in general the time at which forecasts break down, due to the inherent chaotic nature of weather by the time you get to 3 days the random nature of the system tends to reduce the accuracy to a level too low to be significantly useful.

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