Category: weather

US weather forecast model gets a much-needed upgrade

Post author By Randall
Post date June 12, 2019
Categories In forecast, gear, green, meteorology, noaa, Science, Tech, weather

[ad_1] The results promise to be tangible. NOAA believes there will be a “significant impact” to one- and two-day forceasts, and improve the overall accuracy for forecasts up to a week ahead. It also hopes for further improvements to both the physics as well as the system that ingests data and invokes the weather model. […]

Senators ask the FCC to limit 5G auction to protect weather forecasts

Post author By Randall
Post date May 15, 2019
Categories In 24ghz, 5g, ajit pai, auction, fcc, forecast, Internet, letter, maria cantwell, memo, Mobile, Nasa, noaa, Politics, ron wyden, spectrum, spectrum auction, Tech, tomorrow, us navy, weather

[ad_1] The concern raised in the original Navy memo is that weather forecasts could be lost or degraded due to interference from 5G operating in the 24 GHz band. As the memo explains, the Navy relies on forecasts from NOAA and NASA that use remote sensing in the 23.6-24 GHz bands to determine water vapor. […]