Europe has always been #1 in weather forecast.

The downvotes seem to indicate that the HN community is less informed and more prejudiced than I expected. For some background information: here is a Scientific American article from 2015 on the topic: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-europeans-bet... Quote: "Overall, the consensus among meteorologists and other scientists is that the European model is better overall in forecasting weather."