Numerical Weather Prediction

This article is being published in the book "Geophysical Predictions" (National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C., 1978). The book covers predictions of a wide variety of phenomena in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and solid earth. Just as the book is, this article is addressed to the layman with a science education. It is thus not addressed specifically to the meteorologist, but it contains certain information about the weather services, and the impact of numerical weather prediction on them, that I believe will interest those in the meteorological community who have not had close associations with the service side of our house. Frederick G. Shuman. "May 1977." "The NMC Office Note Series is a collection of numbered manuscripts." System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references. 1977 NWS (National Weather Service) Library Public Domain 1931