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1 day agoAI just changed everything about how we forecast the weather
An AI forecast predicted Melissa would rapidly intensify to a Category 5 and land in Jamaica, enabling timely, consistent warnings that reduced harm.
Artificial intelligence is bringing new power and capabilities to forecasting models, enabling scientists to detect extreme weather events with greater speed and accuracy. In August, when Google DeepMind's hurricane-forecasting tech was tested on Hurricane Erin, it not only beat out the "official" forecast from the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) for the first 72 hours but also bested a number of physics-based models.