Resolves YES if the next North Korean test of a nuclear weapon occurs between 9am and 12:30pm local time, and in weather that is sunny or mostly sunny. Resolves NO if the test occurs in conditions that do not meet those criteria. Resolves N/A if no test occurs before 2030.
All 6 of North Korea's past tests have fit these conditions. Will the next test continue this pattern?
Among six past DPRK nuclear tests, three were conducted in fall, twice in winter, and once in spring. All six were conducted during morning time, on a day that had crisp and bright weather.
North Korea conducted nuclear tests on Oct. 2006, May 2009, Feb. 2013, Jan. 2016, Sept. 2016 and Sept. 2017 between 9 a.m. and half past noon.
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The article says rainy weather may impede movement of equipment, but it's not clear to me why cloudy weather would be a problem (note that the test site is underground).
Resolution sources:
Determination of a nuclear weapon test and its time will be based on reliable media reporting and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_North_Korea
Weather will be from weather.com e.g. https://weather.com/weather/today/l/5f6b97ffd0a55ad0011d25c0d749bff57d0fd165a3c9fcfbe05070cd04aa91a0 - YES resolution requires at least "mostly sunny". If the weather is "partly cloudy" etc will resolve NO. I may use an alternate source of weather data if needed.
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Close date updated to 2030-12-31 11:59 pm
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