Topic: Specific event prediction - GFS set against all other main Numerical Wx-forecast

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... Models.


Check this article outlining the main reasons for the GFS model's invariably second-rate performance, set against Europe's main modeling system.

The U.S. Weather Prediction Computer Gap

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-us-weather-prediction-computer-gap.html

— "European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting"  (ECMWF)

— "Global Forecast System"  (GFS)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_weather_prediction

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 http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

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http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20121211_poesandsandy.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/without-polar-satellites-forecast-for-sandy-would-have-suffered-european-analysis-finds/2012/11/21/651a4c2a-3401-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_blog.html