why do we use the europian model of forecasting instead of our own? inquireing minds want to know and

[AllaN01Bear]

trying to wrap my head around this so please dont yell at me .

[lapfog_1]

1. forecasting what, exactly? -n/t

[AllaN01Bear]

2. the weather!!!!!

[lapfog_1]

6. their supercomputers that run the models

are newer than ours... ours are located at NCAR ( National Center for Atmospheric Research ) located in Boulder Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming.

https://www.cisl.ucar.edu/ncar-wyoming-supercomputing-center

They need a technological refresh. Whereas Europe has a few different centers but the big one is UK Met

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/who-we-are/innovation/supercomputer#:~:text=The%20Met%20Office%20Cray%20XC40,purpose%2Dbuilt%20data%20centre%20nearby.

UK Met is augmented by other data centers in France and Spain. Plus an advanced system made by Nvidia at Cambridge.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/industries/healthcare-life-sciences/cambridge-1/

I've been involved in all three weather forecasting centers in one way or another for many many years. ( NCAR, UKMet, and Cambridge 1 - Nvidia )

[AllaN01Bear]

7. i just reced you. thanks for ur information.

[GreenWave]

10. Plus SG-1 could hog all the electricity!

[Blues Heron]

3. there are a lot of models, the GFS is but one of them. You have the euro, the canadian, ICON and many others

All have their strengths and weaknesses.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. thanks for your information. love your screen nik

[Blues Heron]

5. Thanks! I believe the euro was the one that really nailed the unusual left hook of Sandy back in 2012

It gets a lot of praise on the weather boards like “eye on the storm” Jeff Masters’ successor to weather underground

[lapfog_1]

8. weather underground was really great

often had real time information and accurate forecasts long before NWS would get through the media filters

[markodochartaigh]

9. Weatherunderground

still has the "Wundermap" which shows the home weather stations of individuals. Most of the stations appear to be accurate and it can show conditions on a much more granular level than commercial maps. When two or three degrees are important it is very useful.