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Links to National Weather Service Forecast webpages:
National Weather Service Forecast Maps
National Weather Service Graphical Forecasts
Climate Prediction Center Long Range Forecasts
NOAA CONUS Graphical Forecasts
Precipitation Amounts - Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3
Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts - Days 4-5 and 6-7
WPC 6-Hour Probabilistic Precipitation Guidance for Days 1-3
During update periods (00Z-01Z and 12Z-13Z) charts may appear out of order. Be careful to note chart date and time.
During update periods (00Z-01Z and 12Z-13Z) charts may appear out of order. Be careful to note chart date and time.
Weather and climate forecasting is not a science.
Predicting the weather is a statistically-based guess (It has been noted that looking back at the weather for the same date in the previous year is often the most reliable forecast).
Anything beyond about three days: a month, three months, a year, in 2030, or in 2100 is a shot in the dark. The longer-term the forecast, the increasingly less accurate it will be.
Be aware, too, that the parameters used in any computer modeling can be set up to predict any outcome desired. Just as problematic, seemingly-insignificant changes to any model's parameters can result in a radically-different forecast. Computer forecast models of the weather, like those of the stock-market, have no validity.
See these various issues affecting the accuracy of weather forecasting.