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

And while our StormTRACKER meteorologists show you which computer model fits their forecast best on a flat, two-dimensional map on Futurecast, the weather computer models are calculating in three ...

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

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 … ...

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 ...

A tropical depression is likely to form in the Atlantic late this week or over the weekend as it tracks west toward the Caribbean, according to National Hurricane Center forecasters. How strong the ...

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 ...

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.