She chronicles all of these issues and more through the knowledge of what's come before and meaningful predictions of what might well lay ahead. (voices.washingtonpost.com)
There appears to be no ability to inject randomness or feedback into the system so I would say that the shorter the time frame the more likely it is that it would give meaningful predictions. (climateaudit.org)
The report cautions, however, that the U.S. climate monitoring system is inadequate for properly measuring regional climate changes, which could make it difficult for scientists to provide meaningful predictions to local businesses or officials. (sciencemag.org)