The Next Platform
  • Home
  • Compute
  • Store
  • Connect
  • Control
  • Code
  • AI
  • HPC
  • Enterprise
  • Hyperscale
  • Cloud
  • Edge
Latest
  • [ February 13, 2026 ] The Current AI Networking Wave Will Be A Tsunami Of Money By 2027 Connect
  • [ February 12, 2026 ] The Memory Crunch Pinches Cisco’s Profits Connect
  • [ February 11, 2026 ] Only A Few AI Platforms Can Survive Compute
  • [ February 11, 2026 ] Attending GTC? Join Us For An Exclusive Roundtable Dinner On AI Data Platforms AI
  • [ February 10, 2026 ] Cisco Doubles Up The Switch Bandwidth To Take On AI Scale Out And Eventually Scale Out Connect
  • [ February 10, 2026 ] The Greatest AI Show On Earth AI
  • [ February 9, 2026 ] Datacenter Spending Forecast Revised Upwards – Yet Again Compute
  • [ February 8, 2026 ] The Twin Engine Strategy That Propels AWS Is Working Well Compute
Homelinear rainband

linear rainband

HPC

Japan Buys Supercomputer Just To Predict Torrential Downpours

February 27, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan 2

You know that climate change is a problem when a supercomputer to do short-term prediction of the formation of linear rainbands and the torrential downpours that they cause is 3.4X as powerful as the machines that do the day-to-day weather forecasting in a country. …

About

The Next Platform is part of the Situation Publishing family, which includes the enterprise and business technology publication, The Register.

TNP  offers in-depth coverage of high-end computing at large enterprises, supercomputing centers, hyperscale data centers, and public clouds. Read more…

Newsletter

Featuring highlights, analysis, and stories from the week directly from us to your inbox with nothing in between.
Subscribe now

  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Email the editor
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Contact
  • Sales
  • Newsletter
  • Privacy
  • Ts&Cs
  • Cookies
  • Do not sell my personal information

All Content Copyright The Next Platform