How do scientists predict how hot it is going to be a week (or longer) from now?

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I was just looking at the weather app on my phone and started thinking about this

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There isn’t a simple answer, but basically they plug a bunch of different data points gathered across the region, like temperature, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, cloud coverage, etc. Then they stick all that data in a computer designed to see patterns and they get a reasonably accurate estimate. The estimate is less precise the further out in the future it is but technology has gotten pretty good with that sort of thing.