7.1K views · 158 reactions | We pulled together a few fun facts that put into perspective the storage capacity and computing power of our new operational weather and climate supercomputers coming in 2022. Read more: www.noaa.gov/media-release/us-to-triple-operational-weather-and-climate-supercomputing-capacity | U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) | Facebook

NOAA's powerful Global Forecast System model was upgraded today, providing forecasters with a more accurate 4-D picture of how a weather system will evolve. The upgrade is the latest of a number of model improvements rolling out this spring and summer, thanks to increased supercomputing power NOAA acquired earlier this year. More information on the May 11, 2016 GFS upgrade here: http://www.noaa.gov/noaa’s-premier-forecast-model-goes-four-dimensional Video Credit: NOAA | U.S. National Weather Ser

434K views · 3.4K reactions | NOAA's NWS Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G3 (Strong) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for April 16, after a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the sun last Sunday. The Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument onboard NOAA's GOES East (GOES-19) satellite captured the Earth-directed double filament eruption. | NOAA Satellite and Information Service | Facebook