MOLINE, Ill. — Frequent followers of weather will often hear meteorologists talk about different weather forecast models, especially the European and American forecast models. These two models, known ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Global Forecast System (GFS), also known as the American model, received some major upgrades this week that will help the computer model better forecast weather across the United ...
The National Weather Service (NWS) has completed a major upgrade to its main supercomputers, which are now processing weather data in four dimensions instead of three. The move will result in more ...
Long range weather forecasts can be inaccurate due to the large pixel size of the models used, but finer resolution models can provide more accurate forecasts closer to the event.
Weather charts suggest three storms could bring huge blizzards.
A few weeks ago, the National Weather Service released the latest and greatest version of the GFS (Global Forecast System) -- the American weather model. The GFS is particularly important to surfers ...