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The consequence of the Great Storm of 1987 wasn’t just the loss of 15 million trees. It shook the nation’s faith in the weather forecast. After all, who can forget weatherman Michael Fish infamously declaring to viewers who were worried that a hurricane was on the way: “don’t worry, there isn’t!”
In the 70s, weather forecasts were accurate just one or two days ahead. Now a specialist university project at Reading is trying to get them right a month into the future