NOAA Makes Upgrades

by **amugs** Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:55 pm

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2016/011116-noaa-completes-weather-and-climate-supercomputer-upgrades.html

Interesting so I guess our H cane season will benefit from this as will our meoscale forecasts - LR will still suck!

by **Quietace** Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:30 pm

While we countinue to increase computing capacity, we still have to split capacity between the irrationally large number of various models we run; both experimental and operational. While this progress continues to move us in the correct direction, until we condense our forecast model base into a few Or single area specific models; development time, operational computing capacity, and funding will countinue to be split and thus our most important forecast models won't improve at the needed rate.

by **amugs** Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:34 pm

Quietace wrote:While we countinue to increase computing capacity, we still have to split capacity between the irrationally large number of various models we run; both experimental and operational. While this progress continues to move us in the correct direction, until we condense our forecast model base into a few Or single area specific models; development time, operational computing capacity, and funding will countinue to be split and thus our most important forecast models won't improve at the needed rate.

Excellent post kid - jack of all trades thing here and not a master.

by **sroc4** Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:35 pm

amugs wrote:
Quietace wrote:While we countinue to increase computing capacity, we still have to split capacity between the irrationally large number of various models we run; both experimental and operational. While this progress continues to move us in the correct direction, until we condense our forecast model base into a few Or single area specific models; development time, operational computing capacity, and funding will countinue to be split and thus our most important forecast models won't improve at the needed rate.

Excellent post kid - jack of all trades thing here and not a master.

Was thinking the same thing. Great post Ryan.