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...one of the five predominant synoptic scale medium-range models in general use

A touch Amerocentric / Eurocentric, perchance? E.g. Japan, Australia ... Gergyl (talk) 06:33, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Proper name - should be capitalized

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A quick Google search makes it plain, this is a proper name and should remain capitalized as-is:

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=LCAZWqL6D-2jggfXl6igDw&q=global+forecast+system&oq=global+forecast+system&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l10.648.2657.0.2761.23.13.0.9.9.0.122.1039.12j1.13.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.22.1123.0..0i131k1j0i10k1.0.Rsdum1mUznY

Famartin (talk) 07:52, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Is the FIM more accurate or not?

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... the FIM proved to be slower and not appreciably more accurate than the GFS. Initial testing of the FV3 showed promise, ...

I find this confusing - not sure whether the FIM seems to be a significant improvement, or whether it's just slower and slightly more accurate.

OliverEvans96 (talk) 13:07, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What is confusing about "not appreciably more accurate than the GFS"? --R. S. Shaw (talk) 19:38, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]