| Meteorologists are getting better at forecasting "extreme weather events"29-09-2014 15:14 | |
| James_S☆☆☆☆☆ (5) |
In October 1987, UK weather forecaster Michael Fish famously dismissed fears that a hurricane was on the way, only to be proved disastrously wrong just hours later. While technically not a hurricane, the storm that battered southern England was the worst for nearly 300 years, causing 18 deaths and £2bn worth of damage. But such forecasting catastrophes are now a thing of the past, meteorologists would have us believe. The UK's Met Office says its four-day forecast is now as accurate as its one-day forecast was 30 years ago. And Louis Uccellini, director of the National Weather Service, part of the US government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says: "We can now predict extreme weather events five to seven days in advance. "Twenty years ago we would only have been able to look one day ahead." These improvements have only come about after investing billions in better satellites, weather stations and supercomputers. But with more than a third of the world's total economic output affected by weather, according to US data specialists Weather Analytics, such investment was essential. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29256322 http://www.scienceclarified.com/Ca-Ch/Carbon-Dioxide.html http://www.theguardian.com/world/natural-disasters |
| 30-09-2014 19:55 | |
| HappySikalengo☆☆☆☆☆ (2) |
Hi James, found this very interesting. |
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