"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Longworth" wrote:


Just goes to show you that weather is still as much a mystery than a
science. But after such an unusually harsh winter, we'll gladly take
the

Weather prediction may not be an exact science but it is quite an
advanced sicence.

It is politically important to some people to deny that.

After all, if scientists can't exactly predict the weather, how can
they predict the climate?


Actually, weather prediction is very good nowadays.

Very good.

We get working flight logs which are generated a few hours before our
flights. They have forecast winds on them for each waypoint and each
altitude. They're generally accuraes within a few knots and a few degrees.
15 years ago, they were guessing about a lot of things, These days,, not so
much...



...and what science *is* exact?


None, but none claims to be.