Climate modeling once grew out of numerical weather prediction. Since then, meteorologists and climate researchers have developed models for weather and climate largely separately from one another.

Weather forecasting is not easy. The truth is that predicting future weather conditions over broad, or even narrow, swaths of ...

Weather prediction systems provide critical information about dangerous storms, deadly heat waves and potential droughts, ...

These forecast models use physics-based capabilities to simulate atmospheric conditions to arrive at a forecast, a process known as Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP).

Herein, I write about the other end of the spectrum. A meteorology professor ran a numerical weather prediction model on a $50 computer and made a forecast for his state.

Computer weather models are the biggest tool meteorologists use to forecast the weather. But why are there so many, which one is the best, and why aren't they all better? Find out on the latest ...

NOAA’s budget summary for 2018 includes a five-million-dollar cut in funding for numerical weather prediction, “to slow the transition of advanced modeling research into operations for ...

Weather prediction models can also forecast satellite displacements. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 04 / 240419132351.htm ...

Time and again, we’ve learned the value of improving the “resolution” of our numerical models, say, describing the weather on a grid where the points are separated by 15 km instead of 30 km.

On this week's episode, the weather team digs deep into the world of computer weather modeling, also known as numerical weather prediction. The team discusses how it all started and how it's ...