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Traditionally, weather forecasting relies on complex numerical weather prediction models which require vast amounts of data and supercomputers - like the ones used by the Met Office.

First deployed during World War II to simulate nuclear weapons and artillery trajectories, nascent computers were soon adopted by meteorologists to simulate the future state of the atmosphere, creating the modern discipline of numerical weather prediction.

No one expects traditional numerical weather prediction to disappear; climate models, for example, rely on the same equation-solving paradigm.

This finding can be used to improve numerical weather prediction of nearshore cloud formation and rainfall patterns across the Hawaiian Islands.

Despite the rarity of tropical cyclones reaching California, numerical weather prediction models since the storm's formation have generally shown Hilary likely to accelerate along the west coast of Baja California and pushing into Southern California.