Nevertheless, the British Meteorological Office, which had failed to predict its appearance, later declared it the most severe storm the country had seen since 1703.
Officials at the National Weather Service acknowledged that their forecasts had failed to predict the size, intensity or course of the storm until late Monday night.
The Goldman funds were computer-driven funds, and their software programs had failed to predict the size and speed of movements in the stock market.
While he said he regretted that he had failed to predict the collapse of the telecommunications industry, he said, "I am nevertheless proud of the work I, and the analysts who worked with me, did".
Shakeel Ahmed, a Congress party spokesman, stressed that opinion polls had failed to predict a victory for his party and its allies in 2004, when they ousted a BJP-led coandtinn, and in 2009.
As the storm screeched, 20 garbage cans and several dozen towels collected water in the lobby while Steven King, the hotel manager, wondered how he had failed to predict the indoor downpour.
Of note, pancreas-derived mediators that proved valuable for severity prediction in experimental animals have failed to predict the future course of pancreatitis when applied to human disease.
Amazingly enough, Wall Street's consensus forecast has failed to predict a single recession in the last 30 years.
Having failed to predict or resolve the crisis, Mr. Trichet has compounded his errors by denying them.
Pollsters may also have failed to predict a run-off because they did not ask whether respondents intended to vote.
