On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:05:12 AM UTC, Martin Brown wrote:


This regime may change shortly it is getting harder and harder to boost
CPU performance and the drive for ever faster domestic PCs has largely
gone. They are now fast enough for all practical purposes.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

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Such a powerful computer we are told is needed to give hourly forecasts at
1.5 km resolution on an operational basis.

But we already have these postcode forecasts on an hourly basis 24 hrs ahead.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/w...ime=1414540800

Someone has been telling a porky pie.

13 times faster does not necessarily mean better accuracy.
Someone must have done a cherry picked forecast experiment at the said resolution to show the money is justified.

Or,am I just becoming an old cynic?

Len
Wembury


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