National Weather Service gets big computing boost

MIAMI, May 17: The US National Weather Service is getting a quantum jump in computing power that will significantly improve its forecasting and storm tracking abilities to better protect the country from severe weather. ‘This is a game changer,’ Louis Uccellini, who took over as director of the National Weather Service in February, told Reuters in an interview, calling it ‘the biggest increase in operational capacity that we’ve ever  had.’ (AGENCIES)