Improved three-week weather forecasts could save lives from disaster
Accurate predictions could help people prepare for extreme weather
Typhoon Kammuri, seen here in infrared wavelengths from the NASA/NOAA Suomi-NPP satellite, slammed into the Philippines in early December as a Category 4 storm. Forecasters saw its heavy rains coming several weeks in advance, using what’s known as subseasonal prediction.
NOAA, NASA, William Straka III/UWM-CIMSS-SSEC