Weather Forecasts Accurate Within Minutes

When Olympic divers climb the 10-meter platform this summer, they will have the benefit of accurate wind-speed information projected almost by the minute for the length of the event. It's all part of a high-resolution weather-forecasting system being fine-tuned by IBM, the National Weather Serv...

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Published inThe Salt Lake tribune
Main Author Joel J. Smith THE DETROIT NEWS
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Salt Lake City, Utah The Salt Lake Tribune 25.03.1996
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Summary:When Olympic divers climb the 10-meter platform this summer, they will have the benefit of accurate wind-speed information projected almost by the minute for the length of the event. It's all part of a high-resolution weather-forecasting system being fine-tuned by IBM, the National Weather Service and the Forecast Systems Laboratory for use in monitoring the weather during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
ISSN:0746-3502