Why do weather forecasts sometimes fail to predict accurately?
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I took an atmospheric science class in college as an elective. Calculus was a prerequisite because that’s how complicated the weather is. You have to account for everything including the landscape (hills, mountains, buildings, trees, etc), the geographical location (effects of trade winds, the ocean, how far north or south), the spin of the earth, time of year, and then how all the other weather from everywhere else could mix in. It’s very complex. There are formulas and templates, but I strongly believe they haven’t been updated enough to account for climate change as it is today. There is ice melting into the ocean, creating cold fronts, etc. After taking that class, I’m impressed we can predict it at all.
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