"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:iYJNf.588844$084.268831@attbi_s22...
btw - back in 1984, NASA was estimating that it would need several orders
of magnitude more computing power to run better wx models (they had a
so-so
model that took 48 hours to run in order to generate a 24 hour
forecast!).

Well, they've still got a long ways to go, that's for sure.

I haven't been able to rely on ANY weather forecasts this winter. It's my
impression that the NWS is having a very hard time of it, this year.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


In defense of the NWS I doubt this winter in the midwest fit any previous
recorded model. Was heading up to American Champion this morning and ran
into unforecasted near blizzard conditions.