KOTA BHARU: Malaysia’s weather forecasts are expected to become faster and more accurate with the development of a new numerical weather prediction system by the Malaysian Meteorological Department. Datuk Nor Yahati Awang, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability’s deputy secretary-general, said the system will utilise a supercomputer with a processing speed of six petaflops. She confirmed the system will be housed at the Public Sector Data Centre in Kulim, Kedah, and will incorpor ...