Once the satellite reached its orbit about four hours and 20 minutes after launch, GOES-P became GOES-15, one of the fleet of satellites necessary to predict weather in North America.

在发射后大约4小时20分钟，GOES - P将到达其预定轨道，成为GOES - 15号卫星，北美气候预报卫星系统的一员。

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It's not easy to predict weather.

预报天气不容易。

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Because of this, you sometimes can use contrails to predict weather.

鉴于此，有时候我们可以用这些轨迹来预测天气。

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Gerald Meehl says a better understanding of solar activity and its influence on weather may help researchers predict long-term weather conditions.

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A few days without rain have allowed flood waters to begin to recede, but weather forecasters predict more monsoon rains in the days to come.

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The Scottish government-owned company will use a forecasting tool provided by the Met Office to better predict weather conditions at Inverness, Stornoway, Wick John O'Groats, Kirkwall and Sumburgh.

BBC: Scottish airports firm looks to Norway's winter tactics

At the time, new numerical weather models helped forecasters predict extreme weather events two to four days out, said Louis Uccellini, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Prediction.

CNN: Forecasting "The Perfect Storm"

If you used this scheme to predict the weather it would be reasonably accurate.

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