THE BATTALION Page 3 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1977 UC'tljJ anil iy omputer to predict weather in future the s| ehveti Jal we he *s| the ig] t’s res :lless,S jpeople have been trying to guess weather even before Joseph Recast seven fat years and seven iyears for Egypt over 4,000 years i, responded one veteran feteorologist in a poll ofTexas A&M |niversity scientists regarding the jure of weather prediction. Their observations come at a time ien, around the world sides have en taken between advocates of a iig freeze” and those who support a big heat-up theory. Meanwhile, U.S. Department of Agriculture preparing a computerized long- nge weather forecasting system hip» Inch Secretary of Agriculture Bob mptit re In deal thal It me.li Bergland says would give them “gamblers odds ’ in forecasting. Under the plan, U.S. and foreign weather records, some dating back more than 100 years, will be placed in a computer system. The com puter, Bergland says, may give six to five odds, for example, on the probability of future drought or the kind of winter that has gripped the eastern half of the U.S. Prof. John Griffiths, who is a pro fessor at Texas A&M and the official Texas state climatologist, reminds that modeling climate by computers gives answers only as good as the data put in. “This is where we re lacking,” Griffiths pointed out. “We may not be measuring elements of the at mosphere that are very important. ” “For instance, the output of the sun isn’t measured accurately. Perhaps there is something there or in the sea that affects the climate,” he said. “We just don’t know.” “We’ve obtained greater knowl edge of areas of influence in the past 10 years, but I can’t see the day when we’ll be able to say there will be a rainstorm over the southern part of town tomorrow at noon any more than we can say what the cli mate in southern Texas will be in 20 years,” Griffiths added. “The main clue I see for what is needed now is to plan better for what we know is going to occur, ” he emphasized. “There are enough numbers (information) available to plan with reasonable efficiency for stores and reserves of energy supplies. Early planning between users and climatologists is essential and foolish to overlook at this stage.” Dr. A. H. Thompson notes that even current predictions are ig nored. This winter was forecast fairly well, but even if the prediction had been wrong this year it would have come true in the next several,” he said. Prof. W. K. Henry said “ . . even if w-e could make the forecasts I don t think it would make much dif ference to many farmers; they still have to try to make a crop. We can forecast 24 hours ahead with reasonable accuracy and five days with some accuracy,” Henry pointed out. “However, when you go to six months or more, it’s not the same kind of forecast. The best one can do is to say an area will have higher rainfall or lower tempera tures. At five years maybe you can use the climatic averages, but not a forecast. The skill of prediction de creases with time.” Dr. K. C. Brundidge, head of Texas A&M’s Department of Meteorology, said, “Nothing is going to happen other than the di recting of more information to the average person. “More money would be welcome for research, and computers are helping to get consistently good forecasts for up to 36 hours in ad vance,” Brundidge pointed out. “However, you can’t forecast what you can’t see. “That’s why satellites have been a big boom, particularly for informa tion out of the polar and ocean re gions,” he added. “Our problem is that upper-air observing stations are averaging 200 miles apart. A lot can happen inbetween these stations that never gets put into the com puter. Unfortunately this stuff — showers, winds, etc. — is weather. ” Muii } re- law members work t with student legal advisor ■rsonalj Texas A&M University students on will be aiding fellow students ith their legal matters. year, id com -ills see lli ns ad Hit ill pus 1 it of te Meat Four members of the A&M Pre- aw Society are assisting Chris ling, student legal advisor. “I’ll incorporate them into my of- ce routine,” Kling said. He ex- ained that the students will sit in i interviews, take case notes and irry out research in the library and mnty clerk’s office. "The first project will involve the ragg’s parking lot situation,” Kling id. theresl Several students have recently id their cars towed away from an area on the east end of University Square shopping center. 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