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Why can we never forecast the weather with 100% accuracy?

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Weather fronts occur when…

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What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?

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1: Why can we never forecast the weather with 100% accuracy?
Weather operates in a "chaotic system", small variances can have huge impacts
1: Why can we never forecast the weather with 100% accuracy?
We don't have the technology to make accurate predictions
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1: Why can we never forecast the weather with 100% accuracy?
We don't have the means to collect enough data
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2: Weather fronts occur when…
Warm and cold air meet, causing frictional resistance
2: Weather fronts occur when…
Air pressure and wind speed are equally matched
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2: Weather fronts occur when…
Global wind circualtion patterns shift
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3: What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?
Water droplets/ice crystals are forced by gravity to fall
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3: What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?
Water droplets/ice crystals experience high levels of pressure when they rise which forces them from their cloud
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3: What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?
When there is an excess of water droplets/ice crystals and tempratures reach -15 degrees celsius within a cloud, precipitation falls