Weather model's

[ncskywarn]

Not sure if this has been posted before but Interesting read.

https://observer.com/2019/08/weather-forecast-noaa-prediction-models-accuracy/

[ohleary]

On 10/9/2019 at 6:10 PM, ncskywarn said:

Not sure if this has been posted before but Interesting read.

https://observer.com/2019/08/weather-forecast-noaa-prediction-models-accuracy/

It's garbage in a lot of ways. This, in particular, is hogwash:

Quote

Another more fundamental problem is NOAA’s reliance on older computer models, which Jacobs calls “legacy forecasting products” that persist in large part because whoever runs them has a direct line to a member of Congress, who then “calls and yells at me” for trying to abandon an obsolete product.

Whatever.