Computer models could make life saving weather predictions

Forecasting the weather is notoriously difficult, but scientists are using the latest in computer technology to make the process more accurate. By using massive amounts of data, they hope to be able to predict possible weather patterns with greater certainty. If their efforts prove successful, it could enable meteorologists to foresee major events years, or even decades, in advance. This could have enormous life saving potential in the case of extreme weather, like hurricanes, droughts and floods. Experts from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology are using computer modelling to analyse vast amounts of information about the planet's climate.