Can Home Computers Run Hurricane Models?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around the feasibility of running hurricane models on home computers, including inquiries about the availability of model source code, data requirements, and the complexity of such models.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant questions whether it is possible to run hurricane models on a home desktop and seeks information on model availability and data feeds from the National Weather Service.
  • Another participant cites the high computational power required for hurricane modeling, referencing a supercomputer setup used by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, suggesting that home computers may not suffice.
  • Some participants argue that the models used in media are proprietary and not readily available as off-the-shelf programs, implying high costs and limited accessibility.
  • One participant mentions that while some weather modeling software like "MM5" and "FMS" may have partially available sources, running them on a PC could be complex and challenging.
  • There is a suggestion that journal articles might contain relevant code, indicating a potential avenue for accessing modeling information.

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Participants express differing views on the accessibility and feasibility of running hurricane models on home computers, with no consensus reached regarding the practicality of such efforts.

Contextual Notes

Participants note the complexity of hurricane models and the potential need for significant computational resources, but do not resolve the specifics of model accessibility or the technical requirements for running them on personal computers.

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It is possible to run any of these hurricane models on a home desktop? If so, does anyone know where I can get information on the models? Can I download the model/source code/program itself? Will I need a data feed from the national weather service?
 
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http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/news/pressreleases/2003/jun/weather.html

IBM IBM eServer p690 and FAStT500 Storage Server
The supercomputer will be delivered in stages. The first phase—a cluster of 44 IBM IBM eServer p690 servers supported by 42 terabytes of IBM TotalStorage FAStT500 Storage Server disk storage—doubles the current computing power for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service.

IBM will expand the system to reach a peak speed well in excess of 100 teraflops by 2009. It would take one person with a calculator more than 80 million years to tabulate the number of calculations a 100 teraflop supercomputer can handle in a single second.

Thats the kinda computer system they run hurricane models on.
 
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Models like the kind they are plastering all over CNN and such now a days are not off the shelf programs. They are going to be proprietary codes and are not going to be cheap.
 
... was doing some searching about weather modeling software a while back and although running them on PC (other than some skinned versions, some versions have been available in the past as demos) other than in simple examples (?) is "doomed", the sources at least partially are available for packages like "MM5" and "FMS" ... getting them running may require quite a bit of effort and would think are very complex indeed.
 
FredGarvin said:
Models like the kind they are plastering all over CNN and such now a days are not off the shelf programs. They are going to be proprietary codes and are not going to be cheap.
I figured that some journal articles had probably been written on the subject and that they might contain code.
 

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