How statistics used in weather forecasting?

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How statistics used in weather forecasting?

Answer 1

Statistics are very important for observation analysis and numerical prediction models. Without the proper analysis of atmospheric factors, many forecasts would be nothing more than random guesses. If you really want to know more about it, then I recommend downloading and reading the pdf document on this topic. Its from the American Meteorological Society. If you are interested enough, then go to the link and click on PDF (838K).

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Answer 2

different models using Markov Chains, both discrete time and continuous time chains can be used to predict the weather in the next few days.

collections of data telling us the current conditions will give us probability models for where the weather will be going.