| That's sort of like saying, If we can land a man on the moon, why can't we cure the common cold?" Weather forecasting, especially in some areas, can be trickier than forecasting climatic trends. Meteorologists make predictions down to the degree for a particular time. Obviously, this prediction, even if accurate, will not hold for every place in their area. You learn to adjust -- colder if you live on the windward side of a mountain, warmer on the leeward side or in a city. Similarly, a small rainstorm may be powerful but not cover the entire area.
Conversely, a climatologist looks at trends and predicts that, in the absence of changes, that trend, which has held since shortly after the Industrial Revolution, will continue. Climatologists don't tell you whether it will be warm and sunny for Easter 2135. |