19 thoughts on “Okay, Weatherheads: Let’s Hear It

  1. [Cliff] Mass [ a meteorologist and professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington], who is 64, has become the most widely recognized critic of weather forecasting in the United States — and specifically the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which manages the National Weather Service and its underling agencies, including the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, where the nation’s weather models are run. Mass argues that these models are significantly flawed in comparison with commercial and European alternatives. American forecasting also does poorly at data assimilation, the process of integrating information about atmospheric conditions into modeling programs; in the meantime, a lack of available computing power precludes the use of more advanced systems already operating at places like the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, based in Reading, England. And there are persistent management challenges, perhaps best represented by the legions of NOAA scientists whose innovations remain stranded in research labs and out of the hands of the National Weather Service operational forecasters who make the day-to-day predictions in 122 regional offices around the country.

    1. Mass argues that these models are significantly flawed in comparison with commercial and European alternatives.

      Any funding from AccuWeather, perchance?

  2. It should be obvious that this is all part of a long term plan to get us all dependent on the Euro weather model, so that the UN takeover of our weather offices can proceed.

    When the NWS emergency weather bulletin is in French and the local TV meteorologist is Belgian and you don't understand Dutch either then you'll wish you had listened to Alex Jones.

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