The Department of Commerce and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have made a significant upgrade to its weather and climate supercomputer that will improve its weather forecasting capabilities the government agencies reported.
As part of the upgrade NOAA expanded the capacity of the nation’s Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System (WCOSS) by 20%. The increased computing power and storage will help improve forecast model guidance for years to come and allow for other weather prediction advances, NOAA reported.
