Weather forecasting today not only alerts the authorities to potential crop and property damage, but plays an expanded role in airport development and marine and fishing economics.
氣象預報自發展至今，不論中外，其預報的準確性，在人們心目中的威望都偏低。近年來，隨著科技發展，預報的準確率雖已逐漸提高，但即使以氣象水準較高的國家來看，平均準確率也不過百分之八十左右。