The above image from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) weather super-computer shows a forecast
of rain falling in the drought effected areas of North Western India tomorrow NZT.
Rain is shown in the coloured lines on the map with each line representing 1mm of rain over a 12 hour period.
At this range – over a three day period – the computer is a highly accurate forecaster of weather. Over longer periods
the computer is considered less accurate. However in this instance weather maps published on Scoop last month have
proved accurate in predicting the trend if not the detail.
See…
http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/e5/30/200005311156.a8ebe783.html
31 May 2000, 11:56 am
http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/4f/6b/200005272018.5976f71f.html
27 May 2000, 8:18 pm
The following series of links traces the rainfall in India over the next two days - and the final two links are to maps
showing a rain system that looks to be headed into Pakistan on June 17 and 19.
June 7
June 8
(Image shown above..)
June 9
June 17
June 19
