Ik zag dit berichtje voorbij komen: Daaruit lees ik dat de handmatige validatie van gegevens op een laag (lager?) pitje staat door de government shutdown. Maar ik heb dus geen idee hoeveel correctie er in de normale situatie uitgevoerd wordt.
Maar met toch enig speculeren zou je kunnen vermoeden dat het resolutieprobleem dat Sebastiaan noemde, en Tom uitgebreider hier besprak vanochtend misschien toch de shutdown als oorzaak kent. Geen menskracht om zo'n foutje glad te strijken?
Unfortunately, maintenance on the American computer model, known as the Global Forecasting System (GFS), is not considered critical.
The result?
According to the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang, the GFS is running poorly.
Typically, a large team of scientists works quality control on the model to ensure the future forecasts for winds, temperatures, rain or snow (and a ton of other factors) are the most accurate they can possibly be. They’re checking data is entered into the extremely intricate model correctly. They’re ensuring no errors occur within the system’s output. They’re always working on improvements to the model.
Without a team to do these daily tasks, the GFS begins to degrade.
The Washington Post spoke to members of various departments who confirmed the quality of the model (and several other American computer models) is lower, and there’s simply no one to fix it.
Maar ik zag ook dit bericht:
Quote selectie...meteorologist James Lee at the weather service's Baltimore/Washington forecast office.
When asked whether the shutdown was affecting their forecasting, Lee said flatly, "It's not."