Met Office supercomputers in the pipeline for seasonal forecasting

The Met Office has been providing weather forecasts for the BBC since 1923, and even after 88 years, they can still get the weather wrong. MPs have backed the claim that scientific advances are being held back by insufficient computing capacity, and as a result, new supercomputers for the Met Office could not be too far around the corner.


The new supercomputers would be able to handle more data, and process more complex calculations. Not only would this produce seasonal forecasts on top of the daily and weekly, but also give a much better estimation of the probability of each weather event occurring. One of the great advantages would be improved contingency planning for emergencies. More on this story can be found on the BBC website here.