AdvertisementWhy Your Local Weather Forecast Is Going To Get BetterJune 13, 2019Merrit KennedyfacebookEmailA comparison of how the old and upgraded U.S. global weather forecast models predicted the "bomb cyclone" that hit the Northeast U.S. in January 2018. The old NOAA model (left) estimated a smaller amount of snowfall than what actually happened (right). The updated model (middle) was more accurate. (NOAA/Screenshot by NPR)