What is the weather going to be like tomorrow? For a long time, people have tried to predict weather conditions using the hydrologic climate cycle. In the early 1920’s scientists were able to compile a six hour forecast, but back then it took six weeks to analyze weather data collected at only two points in Europe. After collecting the data, a meteorologist would calculate, by hand, a useful illustrative model.
Read about how it's done in the modern age and why humidity is so important to an accurate forecast.
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