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What day will it snow in springfield va?

I'm unable to predict specific days for snowfall in a specific location. You can check weather forecasts or websites like the National Weather Service for more accurate and up-to-date information on potential snowfall in Springfield, VA.


Can earthquakes be measured and predicted?

Geologists can not predict an earthquake in the way the weather forecasters can predict hurricanes or tornadoes. There is seismic activities that can indicate an earthquake may be eminent though.


Do hurricanes have weather geological or human causes?

Hurricanes are produce by weather phenomena, though geologic features can influence them.


What are the instrument used to determine your weather?

You could watch TV on the weather channel to get a forecast. However, you can use a weather station to determine your current weather, careful though, some instruments are inaccurate. In order to get accurate measurements, always follow the instructions included with your weather station.


Why is there a need for parallel architecture when using computers in weather forecasting?

The short answer, one that does not go into the more generalized benefits of multi-processor or parallel computing, is that large amounts of data needing to be incorporated into the weather forecasting process. Weather forecasting depends on many individual pieces of data that change rapidly. The data may include temperature data gathered from reporting devices or stations across a wide geographic area (such as the United States). The data may also include barometric pressure readings, or the "weight" of the atmosphere at many, many locations. All of this information, represented as data in tables such as those found in databases, may get factored together when determining what is likely to happen with the weather next! Data is sometimes also used to create the visual representations of what weather looks like now, or what is it likely to look like tomorrow (hence the term "forecasting"). Often times the weather imagery seen on television or the Internet is NOT simply a visual imagery feed from a space satellite, but rather a "representation" of how the weather would appear if the viewer were actually looking down at it. Parallel computing architectures are generally described as faster than computers relying on a single Central Processing Unit (CPU) or "brain". Parallel computing uses more individual "cores" or brains on a single motherboard computer or networks many computers together to combine their horsepower into a virtual, single computing machine. Though it is unlikely for this level of data processing horsepower to be found at the local news level, it certainly would be found at national weather forecasting organizations such as the center where hurricanes and other tropical weather-related storms are predicted, monitored and forecast. Prior to the invention of modern multi-processored computers, weather forecasters relied on tables and charts describing how previous storms arose, moved, combined with each other, and eventually faded away, in making predictions of how current weather would behave. Parallel computing architectures may also used to simulate weather that has never happened but which could happen in a given geographic area such as flooding in coastal areas with low lying land elevations (also called topography). Weather systems where multiple storms are anticipated to collide with each other are considered to be "complex" in nature due to the many sources of data that must be factored into a forecast. Two storms are certainly twice as much data as one, and three storms are three times as much, and this called linear progression (and may be represented as a straight inclined slope from zero at the left to some higher value at the right). The faster the data processing equipment used in weather forecasting, the more scenarios that can be explored in "What if ..." scenarios (i.e. weather simulations), or the larger the amounts of data that may be incorporated into a forecast model; thereby increasing the overall accuracy of the forecast.

Related Questions

Can you predict the weather without checking the weather network?

No, it is not possible to predict the weather accurately without utilizing weather data and forecasts from reliable sources like the weather network. The weather is influenced by many factors and variables that require advanced technology and data analysis to make accurate predictions.


What day will it snow in springfield va?

I'm unable to predict specific days for snowfall in a specific location. You can check weather forecasts or websites like the National Weather Service for more accurate and up-to-date information on potential snowfall in Springfield, VA.


Is it possible to control the weather?

well,obviously not through psycotic mind control or anything, but maybe some day they will find a way with chemcals to make it rain i predict, though if that ever happens it will ruin the enviornment.


Can earthquakes be measured and predicted?

Geologists can not predict an earthquake in the way the weather forecasters can predict hurricanes or tornadoes. There is seismic activities that can indicate an earthquake may be eminent though.


What is one thing the witches predict for banquo?

He will get kings though he be none.


Do Apple computers have a GPS?

No, not built in. You can get one installed though!


Why man is called master of computers though computer has lot of capability?

Computers can't do anything on their own. Mankind controls what they do.


Different types of computers?

Laptops, Iphone, Droid, any kind of phone now days. Ipods and Ipads "Personal Computers" :) you gotta have them though


Do Asians make computers?

Yes, some Asians do make computers. Japan exports a variety of computer parts, as does China. Not all Asian countries make computers though.


You put regular unleaded in your S2000 by accident will it hurt the engine It was 87 octane?

No, it won't hurt your engine. There are computers now that can predict when to fire a spark plug to reduce ping. It is not a good thing though, you will get worse gas mileage and cause greater emmisions. Better to put high octane in there.


When a dogs rolls over will it change the weather?

No. Dogs can tell what the weather will be before humans can, though.


Do caterpillars eat raspberries?

caterpillers do eat raspberries though ive never seen this happen i predict that it does :)