I once had lunch with a senior meteorologist at the WMO, who was (5 years ago) convinced that the European model was 5 to 10 years ahead of the US model and tha

I once had lunch with a senior meteorologist at the WMO, who was (5 years ago) convinced that the European model was 5 to 10 years ahead of the US model and that it would be hard for them to catch up. Not sure if that's still the case.