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Why were supercomputers first used to calculate weather forecasts?

Why do weather forecasts need supercomputers?

Because meteorology needs to process, store, query, analyze and count massive meteorological data in real time. For example, an air mass flowing from the Pacific Ocean to the mainland may take two to three days to reach Shenzhen. Using satellite observation data, Shenzhen Meteorological Bureau can calculate the acceleration and boundary conditions of the air mass in Shenzhen Supercomputing Center, so as to predict the time and intensity of the air mass arriving in Shenzhen, and then make a comprehensive judgment according to the meteorological data in South China-high temperature means tidal waves, low temperature means rainfall, or strong wind and heavy rain.

Large-scale and high-precision atmospheric numerical model calculation must rely on large-scale high-performance computers.