30-year weather forecasts of Japanese ‘Earth Simulator’ supercomputer
Japan plans 30-year supercomputer forecasts
Yahoo! News via Associated Press Tue Jul 18, 11:30 AM ET
TOKYO - Japan is planning ultra long-range 30-year weather forecasts that will predict typhoons, storms, blizzards, droughts and other inclement weather….[by harnessing] the powers of one of the world’s fastest supercomputers and is an offshoot of ongoing research by the country’s science ministry to map global warming trends for the next 300 years.
Using the Earth Simulator supercomputer, housed in a hangar-sized building in Yokohama, just south of Tokyo, Japan’s science ministry hopes to calculate long-term patterns in the interaction of atmospheric pressure, air temperatures, ocean currents and sea temperatures…more...
Japan is dropping in world supercomputer race –over the past several years the Earth Simulator supercomputer has gone from No. 1 to ninth place. Never fear. Now the Evil Taro World Domination Simulator will be making predictions 30 years out. Read more about the supercomputer’s 30-year weather forecasts on the official website of Earth Simulator Center/JAMSTEC.
Check the video of the simulated Tropical instability waves
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July 20th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
WOT!!!? Why worry about the weather 30 years from now?
There’s plenty of SCARY WEATHER RIGHT NOW.
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Heavy rain in Japan leaves 23 dead or missing
AP, Wed Jul 19, 11:40 AM ET
Heavy rain in Japan triggered floods and mudslides that swallowed houses and destroyed roads, with at least 12 people killed and 11 missing since the start of the rainy season.
The rain has also been devastating in the neighboring Korean peninsula. At least 150 people there are believed dead or missing, mostly in the impoverished communist North, according to officials and aid workers Wednesday.
From western to central Japan, residents evacuated houses for shelters as muddy water swamped city streets and mudslides tore up highways….