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Actually farmers already pay lots of money for localised weather forecasts exactly because there is a significant amount of information that weather.com doesn't
by dbuxton 14y ago
Actually farmers already pay lots of money for localised weather forecasts exactly because there is a significant amount of information that weather.com doesn't give you.
Not sure what 10 racks of PCs will be able to add to the science of weather forecasting though, given the scale of investment necessary to be a player in that field: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/in-depth/supercomputers http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/in-depth/supercomputers (although the Met Office do use IBM...)
- marquis 14y agoRight, I was of course being glib about weather.com. It may then be a useful service for something with Watson's capabilities to narrow down to your specific needs and historical data. I am fascinated by weather prediction, it's an interesting field, and I find I can't trust any detailed weather reading more than 3 days in advance (aside from large weather patterns, which seems readable for about 10 days ahead) so if there is something out there that works longer-range it would be quite amazing to know.