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IF we had perfect command of this subject, we should be able to trace the motion of a particle of aqueous vapour from point to point over the whole earth, and could predict whether at any time in the future it will fall as rain, or rise and fly away as an invisible gas. In the absence of this higher knowledge the only long-range forecasts that we are at present able to make are based upon empirical and very imperfect rules deduced from our study of the accumulated climatological statistics. Of course, such predictions do not imply any special knowledge of meteorology. Among the methods adopted in long-range forecasts are the following:
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The Possibilities of Long-Range Weather Forecasts1. Nature 51, 212–213 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051212a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/051212a0