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More weather observations could improve forecasts in Africa and the Pacific, study finds
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Filling gaps in weather observations could cut uncertainty in short-range forecasts in Africa by about 30%, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts reported on November 9. Its experiments also found that expanding ground and upper-air observations in Pacific small island developing states could reduce forecast uncertainty by up to 20%. [evidence-1]
The researchers compared forecasts with and without extra measurements that would become available if countries met the World Meteorological Organization’s basic observing network requirements. The Systematic Observations Financing Facility commissioned the study. [evidence-1]
In the tropics, adding observations improved forecasts of temperatures and winds higher in the atmosphere as far ahead as about seven days in the experiments. [evidence-1]
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