Weather forecasting made simple....

[asaratis]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hGIF9FljM]North Dakota Weather Alert! Stay Inside - YouTube[/ame]

Can't get simpler than that!

 

[waltky]

Granny says ever'body talks `bout the weather, but dey can't do a thing about it...

Modern Technology Helping Weather Predictions
October 28, 2014: WASHINGTON — Severe storms that cause heavy damage throughout the world are a reminder of how important it is to be able to predict the weather. A meteorological exhibition in Brussels earlier this month featured the latest technology to help improve our ability to forecast the weather and better prepare for its effects.

On October 17, Hurricane Gonzalo hit the island of Bermuda, knocking down trees and power lines, and making roads and streets impassable. The damage was substantial. But thanks to early warnings from forecasters, residents were able to prepare and no deaths or serious injuries were reported. Scientists say weather systems are notoriously hard to predict because so many variables have to be taken into account. But increasingly sophisticated algorithms and accessibility to supercomputers are making weather prediction much easier. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says its new storm prediction system, called NEIS, collects millions of data points from all over the world to create a four-dimensional model of the world’s weather.

Agency director Alexander MacDonald said the storms created by the computer model are very similar to real ones that have been observed in recent years. “So this really shows the skill that we are developing, when we run a computer model and Mother Nature does the same thing with the real world and they are pretty alike. We are excited a lot about these improvements,” said MacDonald. Air pollution is another modern calamity that affects large cities and industrial areas. So its adverse effect on health also makes its timely measurement important. Alan Taylor, Director of the Britain-based company Turnkey Instruments, said their device, called Topas, uses lasers to monitor the air for particulates.

But, he said, providing accurate measurement does not solve the problem. “It's what cities do about it when they know about it. Do they stop traffic going through, do they stop trucks going through? So we can get that information, but what the city does with that information is a different situation,” said Taylor. Even in cities that do not have pollution problems, it is important to measure other atmospheric conditions, like the level of pollen, which can make life miserable for those who are allergic to it.

University of Geneva research team leader Svetlana Afonina said their new instrument, called Plair, uses an optical detector with ultraviolet laser technology. “The device is highly specific and allows identification of different kind of particles in the atmosphere. We are able to measure and detect different species of pollen in the real time,” said Afonina. The Brussels exhibition, now in its fifth year, drew more than 2,500 people from around the world to see the latest weather and climate change forecasting technology.

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[Delta4Embassy]

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Can't get simpler than that!

(looks out the window)

Best advice ever from my Mom. Telling her about online doppler radar sites she said her method is just looking out the window.

 

[Politico]

Forecasting made simple. It is a sheeple panic business. No mainstream weather forecaster has ever been able to predict anything more than a couple of days out.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

They aren't predicting but modelling and giving a probability. A prediction would be, "It's going to rain at 4:26 this afternoon. It will rain for 36 minutes."

What they're doing is, "Fair to middling chance of some rain today."

I'd hate being a forecaster here in the ozarks. Been a buncha days that I"d have bet my life it was gonna storm and we didn't get a drop.

 

[blastoff]

What difference does it make? We're all gonna die anyway from the effects of global warming and all that dirty air and water us Republicans are turning out for all of us to consume.

 

[longknife]

In spite of all the BS, there is something to think about here?

Compare the satellite images we have today what was available to forecaster just 75 or 100 years ago.

It's still a guessing business but it a whole lot better.