Forecast Factory or

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Forecast Factory or Weather Prediction by
Numerical Process (1922)

• Kirsty Hanley and Peter Hill

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Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953) A
famous British meteorologist Today we will
explore his idea. The weather can be forecast by
solving equations which represent the atmosphere.
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Cromer
Lincoln
Manchester
Liverpool
Birmingham
Rugby
Norwich
Brecon
London
Reading
Bath
Weymouth
Boulogne
Portsmouth
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• We will predict the temperature at each
  grid-point
• Collect data about winds and temperatures at our
  grid-point and to the north and west.
• Fill in information on computing form.
• Complete calculation.
• Communicate prediction to other grid-points and
  forecast central (me).
• Repeat 4 times.
• Each calculation will predict one hour ahead, by
  the end of our forecast we will predict
  temperatures in 4 hours.

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Solutions
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Initial Conditions
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Timestep 1
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Timestep 2
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Timestep 3
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Timestep 4