The Japan Meteorological Agency held a press viewing of a new supercomputer for predicting the occurrence of linear precipitation bands that bring intense downpours.
The agency aims to improve the accuracy of forecasts with the latest supercomputer, which has about twice the calculation power of the current model.
The agency currently predicts the amount of rainfall for each 5 kilometers square of the Japanese archipelago, issuing forecasts for the occurrence of linear precipitation bands in such wide-area units as the Tokai and Kinki regions.
