NOAA's powerful Global Forecast System model was upgraded today, providing forecasters with a more accurate 4-D picture of how a weather system will evolve. The upgrade is the latest of a number of model improvements rolling out this spring and summer, thanks to increased supercomputing power NOAA acquired earlier this year. More information on the May 11, 2016 GFS upgrade here: http://www.noaa.gov/noaa’s-premier-forecast-model-goes-four-dimensional Video Credit: NOAA | U.S. National Weather Ser

This is what the latest GFS forecast model shows happening to Lee and other systems in the future. Remember, this is just 1 model and 1 run and doesn't necessarily reflect exactly what will happen in the future. More on the hurricane and other earth science news stories at https://weatherboy.com | Weatherboy Weather

ANIMATED UPPER AIR FORECAST through next Friday evening off the National Weather Service's GFS model at the 500 mb. level (i.e. approx 18,000 ft. above mean sea level). | Tom Skilling

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