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

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This global winds animation from NOAA weatherView shows the projected path of Tropical Cyclone 02A in the Arabian Sea. According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, 02A is located approximately 220 nautical miles southwest of Karachi, Pakistan, and, over the past six hours, the storm has moved westward at 8 knots (or just over 9 miles per hour). The storm is expected to move west-southwest over the next 48 hours. NOAA weatherView's Global Winds Visualization is created using data from the NOAA

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