WEATHER FORECASTING RISK ASSESSMENTS – MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRIES
November 1st, 2005
BY MARK ROWEWEATHER forecasters have always come in for criticism but the reality is that forecasting has evolved somewhat beyond the reliance of medieval truisms such as rain on St Swithun's Day means 40 more days of showers. Today's forecasts are more reliable than ever, and meteorologists can provide long-term predictions of wet weather, heat waves and other extreme events. Thanks to a studious collation of data of weather patterns over the years, they can also predict with confidence when certain weather features are most likely to occur. All this is proving ...
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