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Supercomputer Weather: Super Hurricane Gustav

Sunday, 31 August 2008, 7:46 pm | Supercomputer Weather

Super hurricane Gustav is just 40 hours short of making landfall on the South Coast of the United States and is currently forecast to make landfall over the Mississippi Delta and the city of New Orleans. More >>

Image: Hurricane Daman Off Fiji - Heading For NZ?

Friday, 7 December 2007, 3:21 pm | Supercomputer Weather

Sattelite image shows Hurricane Daman off the Fijian island of Vanua Levu and the Yasawa island group. The storm is expected to move Southeast over Vanua Levu this afternoon. More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Big Freeze in Detail

Monday, 18 June 2007, 3:36 pm | Supercomputer Weather

No break will be offered after the cold southerly currently sweeping the country has passed. It seems still that the worst is yet to come. A front predicted by the NOAA weather model is forecast to travel up the country through late Thursday and ... More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Big Freeze In The South

Monday, 18 June 2007, 11:11 am | Supercomputer Weather

Snowfall models from the UK based ‘Snow-Forecast’ , a website ‘ so accurate its scary ’ – predicts heavy snowfall later in week throughout the south island. The snow will no doubt be a welcome dump for unseasonably barren ski-fields but also ... More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Hurricane Alberto?

Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 9:35 pm | Supercomputer Weather

The Atlantic Hurricane season for 2006 is expected to be one of the worst ever. Last year's season was in fact the worst ever to date, and will be hard to beat, however, so far 2006 is shaping up as expected. More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Cyclone Wati Heads For NZ

Thursday, 23 March 2006, 2:25 pm | Supercomputer Weather

A forecast from the NOAA Global weather computer model ( see below ) shows the cyclone grazing the northern tip of Northland early this coming Monday. The tightly bunched isobars indicate gale force winds from Northland to the Waikato initially spreading ... More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Rita Is Galveston Bound

Thursday, 22 September 2005, 1:59 pm | Supercomputer Weather

Hurricane Rita, presently a Category 5 Hurricane and the third most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico, is headed directly to the low-lying island city of Galveston and then Texas's biggest city Houston. More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Hurricane Emily Texas Bound

Friday, 15 July 2005, 2:27 pm | Supercomputer Weather

Hurricane Emily, which has now reached Category 3 intensity making her the second official "major hurricane" of the 2005 season - and which is forecast to continue to intensifying to at least Category 4 status - may now to be headed for a Texas ... More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Tracking Ivan's Landfall

Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 4:39 pm | Supercomputer Weather

IN THIS EDITION OF SCOOP HURRICANE WATCH: - NASA MODIS Satellite Image - Introduction - Latest National Hurricane Center Forecast & Discussion - NOAA GFS Model Supercomputer Landfall Impact Forecast More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Frances's Florida Landfall

Friday, 3 September 2004, 10:53 am | Supercomputer Weather

The following are the latest GFS supercomputer model forecasts for Hurricane Frances's landfall and path across the State of Florida. Each image shows rain over a six hour period in coloured lines at 5mm intervals. More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Frances Heads For Florida

Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 5:55 pm | Supercomputer Weather

In This Edition: - Images Of Hurricane Frances - The Latest Forecast Advisory - A Supercomputer Forecast Of Wind And Rainfall On Landfall More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Cyclone Ivy's Landfall

Saturday, 28 February 2004, 12:55 pm | Supercomputer Weather

The latest NOAA Weather Supercomputer track for tropical cyclone Ivy shows a direct hit on Northland, Auckland and the Waikato Sunday night. More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Double Whammy

Thursday, 26 February 2004, 1:05 pm | Supercomputer Weather

Come Saturday, comes torrential rain across most of the country. Come Sunday, a monster, slow moving low system with rain and wind from Invercargill to Cape Reinga. And then to top it off - come Monday, comes cyclone Ivy to Northland, the East Cape and Hawke's ... More >>

Supercompter Weather: Plotting The Coming Storm

Thursday, 19 February 2004, 10:18 am | Supercomputer Weather

The following progression of images shows the progress of the coming front over New Zealand as plotted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's supercomputer GFS model. The images are plotted three hourly and they show air pressure and rain ... More >>

Super Computer Weather: Isabel Nears US East Coast

Thursday, 18 September 2003, 10:50 am | Supercomputer Weather

Cloud formations on the edges of Hurricane Isabel are now over the US mainland. The eye of Isabel is following roughly 30 hours behind these fringes – with landfall expected 2pm Thursday EST (Friday Morning NZT). A massive evacuation is presently ... More >>

SuperComputer Weather: Hurricane Isabel's Landfall

Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 4:47 pm | Supercomputer Weather

As Hurricane Isabel approaches the Eastern Seaboard computer models are converging on a Cape Hatteras landfall in just under 70 hours time. Massive rainfall in the first six hours can be expected to cause widespread flooding in North Carolina and ... More >>

Super Computer Weather: Isabel Targets DC & NYC

Monday, 15 September 2003, 12:17 am | Supercomputer Weather

Two new forecast paths for Hurricane Isabel show the storm crossing directly over either Washington DC or New York City on Thursday. More >>

Super Computer Weather: Hurricane Isabel

Saturday, 13 September 2003, 10:24 pm | Supercomputer Weather

A deepening hurricane presently in the Carribean appears headed for the US mainland and could eventually make landfall anywhere from North Florida up to Massachusetts. The current NOAA medium range super computer forecast (see images below) however ... More >>

Images: Tropical Storm Claudette Approaches Texas

Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 4:24 pm | Supercomputer Weather

Tropical storm Claudette is closing in on the Texas coast. Below you will find three links to resources for watching the storm & a 48 hour supercomputer forecast of rainfall from the storm. More >>

Supercomputer Weather: Rain Rain Won't Go Away

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 6:25 pm | Supercomputer Weather

The best forecasters will always follow up a forecast with a report on how things turned out. And in the case of NOAA's forecast for Russian President Vladimir Putin's St Petersburg party Scoop can today report that NOAA was spot on, cloud seeding or ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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