History
In 1958, the Navy Numerical Weather Problems (NANWEP) group was established in Suitland, MD. NANWEP was later moved to Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in 1959. Fleet Numerical Weather Facility was established in 1961. In 1974, Fleet Numerical Weather Facility moved from NPS to its current location. In 1993, the current title Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) was adopted. In 2005, Fleet Numerical was realigned under Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC). In 2008, Fleet Numerical was assigned the mission of 24X7 Global Submarine Weather Support (SUBWEAX). In 2011, Fleet Numerical celebrated 50years of supercomputing excellence of Fleet safety and Warfighter decision superiority with the completion of a new Computer Operations Center.
FNMOC is one of the DoD's primary central production site for worldwide computer-generated operational meteorological and oceanographic analysis and forecast products.
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