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Scientists Identify a Surprising 129-Day Limit for Predicting the Weather


A new study suggests the atmosphere may retain enough information for weather to remain theoretically predictable for roughly 129 days under ideal conditions. How far into the future could weather ever be predicted, even if forecasters knew the atmosphere perfectly? Meteorologists have wrestled with that question since numerical weather prediction emerged in the late 1950s.

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