Weather computer models are an important tool for meteorologists. Forecasts are put together using a meteorologist's education, experience and computer model guidance.

FARGO — Our StormTRACKER team does more than just look out the window to create their StormTRACKER forecast. One of the most important tools they use to compile their forecast is weather computer ...

Early Tuesday morning started with the coldest temperature in Syracuse since the end of May (43 degrees)!Here are a few of ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has made some major upgrades to its Global Forecast System (GFS).

For now, most of them show a curve to the north, similar to the paths Hurricane Erin and Tropical Storm Fernand took. Some of ...

Computer models are the main tools that meteorologists and forecasters use to predict the weather over the next several days. Some of these computer models have the ability to show weather ...

Hurricane forecast models assess data and compete for accuracy. They also save lives. This year, a new contender has emerged ...

Computer models have revolutionized weather forecasting-but where did they come from? A look at the development of the first digital computer at Princeton University in the 1930s and 1940s and its ...

With iPhones and computer models, do we still need weather forecasters? As automation continues to claim jobs in new fields, meteorology may be next.

U.S. civilian and military weather forecasters have adopted a newly developed computer forecasting model that can predict many weather events with unprecedented accuracy. The model, created through a ...

Herein, I write about the other end of the spectrum. A meteorology professor ran a numerical weather prediction model on a $50 computer and made a forecast for his state.