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Follow on Google News | WeatherWin.com Brokerage Firm Comments On Would-Be NYC Snowstorm StoryWeather forecasters got it very wrong when they predicted a massive snowstorm would hit New York City last month.
By: WeatherWin.com The storm ended up bypassing New York City, for the most part, and instead walloped Long Island and much of New England. As far as weather prediction has come and as high tech as it has become in the last decades, it is still an imperfect science. The longest-range forecasts—those covering about 14 days—are only a little better than climatology, a description of the average weather conditions in an area over an extended period of time. "Forecasts for a day or two into the future can sometimes be dramatically off the mark, when local weather events develop unexpectedly," About WeatherWin.com WeatherWin.com (http://signup.weatherwin.com/ WeatherWin.com (http://signup.weatherwin.com/) A study by economists at Penn State's Smeal College of Business and College of Earth and Mineral Sciences concluded that this new market is even more profitable for predictors studying meteorology than those studying business. End
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