Computer 'to improve' forecasts

Published : 27 Jul 2009 20:13:41

A powerful new computer which gives more accurate and detailed forecasts is being used at the Met Office in Devon.The computer is about the size of two football pitches and can make about 750 trillion calculations a second - equivalent to 100,000 PCs. It is 30 times more powerful than the one installed by the Met Office, in 2003, ahead of its move to the new headquarters in Exeter. The system is expected to be fully up and running by August. Chief technology officer Steve Foreman said .... read more