weather prediction

Tomorrow's atmospheric outlook

Weather prediction is the forecasting of atmospheric conditions—temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity—for a given time and place.

Meteorologists make weather predictions using satellite data, computer models, and historical patterns.

The term is interchangeable with weather forecasting: The weather prediction calls for rain tomorrow.

Predictions range from short-term (Will I need an umbrella?) to seasonal outlooks.

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temporal direction

weather predictionhindsight

Recognition after the fact

certainty vs. uncertainty

weather predictionweather observation

Tracking atmospheric conditions

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