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Why did forecasters get winter weather so wrong?

It is a fundamental British human right to be able to complain about the weather and the weather forecasts. However with modern technology, why is it not possible to forecast such a severe cold snap with more accuracy and further ahead?

Newsnight's Science editor Susan Watts reports.

Broadcast on Thursday 7 January 2010

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