NOAA’s National Weather Service more than doubles computing capacity
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[url]http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2013/2013029_supercomputers.html[/url]
[quote=NOAA]Whizzing through 213 trillion calculations per second, newly upgraded supercomputers of NOAA’s National Weather Service are now more than twice as fast in processing sophisticated computer models to provide more accurate forecasts further out in time. And as the hurricane season ramps up, forecasters will be armed with an enhanced hurricane model that will improve track and intensity forecasts.
The scientific data and insights that these newly upgraded supercomputers will provide are essential to help government officials, communities, and businesses better understand and manage the risks associated with extreme weather and water events. In support of the president’s Climate Action Plan, the administration will continue to take steps like this to analyze and predict climate variability amid an increasing number of extreme natural events affecting the nation.[/quote]
Now with twice as many inaccuracies!
NOAA is a seriously cool agency.
So is the weather mathematically solvable?
Here's how NOAA works for me:
"Hey Carol, want to go down to Minneapolis and walk through the park?"
"Sure thing! See you there"
"Sure just let me check the weather."
*20% chance of rain*
"Phew! Nothing to interrupt this date!"
*Three tornado warnings, state covered in Severe T-Storm warnings in under an hour*
[QUOTE=Zambies!;41643532]Here's how NOAA works for me:
"Hey Carol, want to go down to Minneapolis and walk through the park?"
"Sure thing! See you there"
"Sure just let me check the weather."
*20% chance of rain*
"Phew! Nothing to interrupt this date!"
*Three tornado warnings, state covered in Severe T-Storm warnings in under an hour*[/QUOTE]
Or my personal favorite, storms rolling to town and I want to check the radar to see what bad they are going to be. Radar in my location down for maintenance.
[URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1294337"]Good that they spent the money [B]while they can.[/B][/URL]
So we upgraded from basic calculators to windows XP?
Awesome!
213 trillion calculations per second...
Chaotic systems will still be hard to predict.. even with faster computers.
There is inherent uncertainty in the system, particularly in a system which can affect itself.
[QUOTE]The scientific data and insights that these newly upgraded supercomputers will provide are essential to help government officials, communities, and businesses better understand and manage the risks associated with extreme _______ and _____ events. In support of the president’s _______ Action Plan, the administration will continue to take steps like this to analyze and predict _______ variability amid an increasing number of extreme _______ events affecting the nation.[/QUOTE]
The redacted version makes it fun.
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