>>Sooooo many dynamic variables. Eeegads.
So my academic background includes thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass/momentum transfer/diffusion. All the core physical processes at the micro level, that are at the heart of “weather” at the macro level.
That said, you are spot on. Eeegads^2, or cubed, or to the 4th, for me. I’m amazed the weather guys get it as well as they do. From my perspective, weather is an area that moves into Chaos Theory in a heartbeat.
Wow! So, you KNOW what you don’t know:) My background is nursing. When I took Anatomy & Physiology (thousand years ago) I went from a bored agnostic to a steadfast believer in God. These systems, weather, astronomy, physiology, etc.are profoundly perfect, and while somewhat observable, still mysterious.
Sorry to go OT, just so interesting. Eeegads, cubed;)