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Can long term forecasts be accurate at around 40 days.
Yes
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Can tools used for short term forecasting be used for long term forecasting.
Yes.
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What technique uses weather today and tomorrow, to guess weather a month or so ahead.
The common technique of persistence
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Long term forecasting is only useful to event planners who are planning an event ___ days to __ years into the future.
30 days, 2 years
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How accurate do scientists predict long term forecasting will be in the future?
It will likely not be accurate past three weeks.
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How accurate are the generalizations that scientists make in long term forecasting?
They are generally somewhat accurate.
200
What tools associated with cell phones and music can be of great value in making long term forecasts?
Satellites
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What do scientist attempt to gauge using a barometer.
Pressure Tendency
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Would it be safe to plan a party 1 year ahead that requires sunshine based on a long term forecast.
No
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In 650 B.C. _______________ used cloud patterns and astrology to predict the weather.
Babylonians
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Are scientists generally accurate when it comes to forecasting specific events more than a year in the future?
No.
300
How can thermometers be used to predict future weather.
Scientists make compare current temperatures to past ones if they are similar, and use that to make predictions about future temperatures.
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What do scientists use to map out past weather in an attempt to find future weather.
Models
300
Is a long term forecast more useful to someone looking at future precipitation, or future temperatures?
Temperatures
300
What invention started the modern age of weather forecasting?
The Electric Telegram
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How do scientists use percentages when making long term forecasts?
They divide up the possible weather outcomes into around three percentages.
400
How can tools that measure wind speeds be used to predict future weather
Scientists may use wind speed and direction in one area to gauge what systems could be moving through that area and are headed to another.
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The analog technique compares a past weather event to a current event that is __________ it.
Mimicking
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How useful is a long term forecast to someone planning an event 4 days ahead?
Trick Question! A long term forecast is defined as being at least 30 days into the future.
400
Ezekiel Stone Wiggins was known as the___________.
"Ottawa Prophet"
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Do scientists ever make accurate calls on weather over 1 year into the future.
Yes, sometimes scientists are able to make accurate predictions.
500
What is the forecasting tool used to measure humidity?
Hygrometer
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This type of model uses continuous stimulation instead of a single event to predict future weather.
Continuous Model
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Who can long term forecasts be extremely usesful to?
Farmers, they may use them to decide what crops to plant now, so that they will flourish in the future
500
When was great progress in meteorology made?
20th Century