Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nope, nobody knows. If they did know then we could predict, maybe >> even control, the weather. We can't. QED. > > yes we can. >
Actually we can't. We attempt extrapolations of observed activity, but we can't predict with quality or accuracy. Even just to model our observations would require more computer time (on the fastest computers in the World) to process than it elapses in real time. Interestingly that's how we know we can't predict it: even those models turn out wrong. Of course the problem is we don't even understand all of variables of weather much less the mechanisms and physics. Another simple example is lightening; nobody understands how it works or why. We know about stepped leaders, pooling, etc but we have no idea how it discharges and really everything we hypothesize about it is unproven and usually turns out wrong. Not to mention things like sprites and blue jets; things we didn't even know existed until a few years ago. So, no, we can't predict the weather. We can't even predict how a single lightening bolt will discharge after we see it happen in front of our ey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339017 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
