Weather boffins are on the ball

Hands up how many of you have muttered about not trusting weather forecasts when the prediction is for "scattered showers" and not a drop of rain falls in your area? "How the hell can we believe you?" has almost become a mantra when contemplating meteorologists' assessments.

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Weather forecasting has become more accurate — primarily because better computing power has enabled climate scientists to improve their meteorological models. And, of course, genuine science knows no boundaries, so the sharing of knowledge around the world has improved the science of forecasting.