Deciding which model is best isn’t as simple as picking a winner in a race. Accuracy matters, of course, but so do consistency, speed, and how well a model handles certain weather patterns.

When Lorenz looked at the phase space of his simple weather model, he found an attractor. But that attractor didn't look like anything that had been seen before.

Looking at the weather model that's usually most accurate says solid spring weather is on the way. ... so simple math gives us highs in the low-70s according to the Euro Model.

Weather models, referred to by meteorologists as “numerical weather prediction” are nothing more than an elaborate computer program designed to simulate the atmosphere at a future point in time.

You see a slight shift south in where the model had the heaviest rain versus where the heaviest actually fell, but it‘s very close. The model had the heaviest rain in a gray color at 15 inches.

Developing a local weather model also requires substantial funds, expertise and time. Experts Dawn spoke to suggested that a simple solution lies in increasing the detail of input data, ...