Rachel Maddow on Why the Europeans Have Better Forecasts

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In this video from the Rachel Maddow Show, Maddow looks at how U.S. forecasting power has lagged behind European capabilities for years. Now, with newly funded NOAA supercomputers, that is all going to change.

By October 2015, the capacity of each of NOAA’s two operational supercomputers will jump to 2.5 petaflops, for a total of 5 petaflops – a nearly tenfold increase from the current capacity. “NOAA is America’s environmental intelligence agency; we provide the information, data, and services communities need to become resilient to significant and severe weather, water, and climate events,” said Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., NOAA’s Administrator. “These supercomputing upgrades will significantly improve our ability to translate data into actionable information, which in turn will lead to more timely, accurate, and reliable forecasts.”

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