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  2. Weather forecasting - Wikipedia

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    MOS or model output statistics is a technique used to interpret numerical model output and produce site-specific guidance. This guidance is presented in coded numerical form, and can be obtained for nearly all National Weather Service reporting stations in the United States.

  3. Weather Research and Forecasting Model - Wikipedia

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    Time period is from 0000 UTC 22 August 2005 to 0000 UTC 24 August 2005. The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model[1] (/ ˈwɔːrf /) is a numerical weather prediction (NWP) system designed to serve both atmospheric research and operational forecasting needs. NWP refers to the simulation and prediction of the atmosphere with a computer ...

  4. History of numerical weather prediction - Wikipedia

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    These statistical models are collectively referred to as model output statistics (MOS), [76] and were developed by the National Weather Service for their suite of weather forecasting models by 1976. [77] The United States Air Force developed its own set of MOS based upon their dynamical weather model by 1983. [78]

  5. Numerical weather prediction - Wikipedia

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    Weather reconnaissance aircraft, such as this WP-3D Orion, provide data that is then used in numerical weather forecasts.. The atmosphere is a fluid.As such, the idea of numerical weather prediction is to sample the state of the fluid at a given time and use the equations of fluid dynamics and thermodynamics to estimate the state of the fluid at some time in the future.

  6. Model output statistics - Wikipedia

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    Model output statistics. In weather forecasting, model output statistics (MOS) is a multiple linear regression technique in which predictands, often near-surface quantities (such as two-meter-above-ground-level air temperature, horizontal visibility, and wind direction, speed and gusts), are related statistically to one or more predictors.

  7. The Best (and Worst) US Cities for Getting Outside: Where ...

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    Phoenix, Arizona ranks as the best city for getting outside thanks to a minimal amount of precipitation or hazardous air quality, followed by Denver and Boston. Six of the top 10 best cities are ...

  8. Climate model - Wikipedia

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    Climate models are systems of differential equations based on the basic laws of physics, fluid motion, and chemistry. Scientists divide the planet into a 3-dimensional grid and apply the basic equations to those grids. Atmospheric models calculate winds, heat transfer, radiation, relative humidity, and surface hydrology within each grid and ...

  9. Tropical Storm Gordon forms in the Atlantic. Is it heading to ...

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    Location: 990 miles west-northwest of Cabo Verde Islands. Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph Movement: west-northwest at 11 mph. Pressure: 1006 mb. At 10 a.m. CDT, the center of Tropical Storm Gordon ...