‘It’s improving all the time, but there’ll never be a perfect forecast’ – world weather chief on trying to bring more certainty to chaos

‘It’s improving all the time, but there’ll never be a perfect forecast’ – world weather chief on trying to bring more certainty to chaos

In the 30 minutes that the head of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has been chatting, the clouds that have hung around all day go from loitering with unclear intent to suddenly firing great blobs of rain and malice at the windows.