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Shown here are twin supercomputers Dogwood and Cactus (pictured here) are the newest additions to NOAA's weather and climate operational supercomputing system. Located in Manassas, Virginia, and Phoenix, Arizona, respectively, each supercomputer operates at a speed of 12.1 petaflops — three times faster than NOAA's former system.

U.S. supercomputers for weather and climate forecasts get major bump

June 28, 2022

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Shown here are twin supercomputers Dogwood and Cactus (pictured here) are the newest additions to NOAA's weather and climate operational supercomputing system. Located in Manassas, Virginia, and Phoenix, Arizona, respectively, each supercomputer operates at a speed of 12.1 petaflops — three times faster than NOAA's former system.

The upgrade adds 2.8 petaflops of speed at both data centers combined, increasing NOAA’s total operational computing speed to 8.4 petaflops.

NOAA to host media briefing on newest weather, climate supercomputers

June 21, 2022

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climate outlooks

The upgrade adds 2.8 petaflops of speed at both data centers combined, increasing NOAA’s total operational computing speed to 8.4 petaflops.

satellite view of eastern united states

Flood and inundation mapping and forecasting

May 23, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

satellite view of eastern united states

Cargo ship docked in Corpus Christi harbor, Texas

NOAA launches two coastal models for mariner safety on West Coast, Gulf of Mexico

March 31, 2021

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Cargo ship docked in Corpus Christi harbor, Texas

Powerful lightning bolts strike from a sunset thunderstorm in the Arizona desert.

NOAA upgrades flagship U.S. global weather model

March 22, 2021

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Powerful lightning bolts strike from a sunset thunderstorm in the Arizona desert.

NOAA's powerful Global Forecast System model was upgraded today, providing forecasters with a more accurate 4D picture of how a weather system will evolve. Gray, blue and white colors depict moisture in the atmosphere on May 11, 2016, over North America.

NOAA to announce major upgrades to U.S. weather model March 22

March 15, 2021

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NOAA's powerful Global Forecast System model was upgraded today, providing forecasters with a more accurate 4D picture of how a weather system will evolve. Gray, blue and white colors depict moisture in the atmosphere on May 11, 2016, over North America.

Rip currents are powerful, channeled currents of water flowing away from shore. Learn what rip currents are and how to escape them before you enter the water - it may save your life!

Wave model upgrade includes hourly rip current predictions

March 2, 2021

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Rip currents are powerful, channeled currents of water flowing away from shore. Learn what rip currents are and how to escape them before you enter the water - it may save your life!

Corridor of computer servers

NOAA upgrades Global Ensemble Forecast System

September 23, 2020

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Corridor of computer servers

Trekking through heavy rain.

Science briefing for media on major U.S. weather modeling system upgrade

September 21, 2020

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Trekking through heavy rain.

NOAA's HRRR-Smoke model can help warn fire managers and local communities where heavy smoke will collect when a fire "lays down" overnight, as the Four Mile Fire did in Boulder, Colorado, in 2010.

When smoke is in the air, all eyes turn to this NOAA weather model

August 26, 2020

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NOAA's HRRR-Smoke model can help warn fire managers and local communities where heavy smoke will collect when a fire "lays down" overnight, as the Four Mile Fire did in Boulder, Colorado, in 2010.

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