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Nature 435, 396-397 (26 May 2005) | doi:10.1038/435396b; Published online 25 May 2005

We'll rain on your parade, forecasters tell rogue pundits

Jim Giles

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Independent weather companies answer to no one.

Frustrated weather forecasters are fighting back against rogue companies that sell forecasts with claims of impressive accuracy, but that have no apparent scientific basis.Private forecast providers have proliferated in Europe and the United States over the past decade as various industries demand increasingly accurate information about the weather.