Google’s AI weather model outperforms traditional forecast models: Study

[JACK AYLMER]

THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REVOLUTION IS TRANSFORMING WEATHER FORECASTS AND MAY POTENTIALLY SAVE LIVES.

GOOGLE DEEPMIND UNVEILING AN A-I WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL WEDNESDAY KNOWN AS GENCAST RESEARCHERS SAY IMPROVES THE ACCURACY AND SPEED IN WHICH FORECASTS ARE DELIVERED. GIVING THOSE IN HARMS WAY ADDED TIME TO PREPARE.

THE A-I MODEL REPORTEDLY OUTPERFORMS TRADITIONAL FORECASTING METHODS AND CAN PREDICT EXTREME WEATHER AT A MUCH HIGHER ACCURACY.

GENCAST FORMULATES ITS PREDICTIONS THROUGH FOUR DECADES OF DATA FROM THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING.

THE MODEL REPORTEDLY OUTPERFORMED THE E-C-M-W-F’S 15-DAY FORECAST ON MORE THAN 97 PERCENT IN MORE THAN 13-HUNDRED DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

BEATING THE EUROPEAN METHOD IN DETERMINING TEMPERATURE, WIND SPEED AND HUMIDITY.

RESEARCHERS SAY A-I FORECASTING IS ALSO FASTER THAN TRADITIONAL FORECASTING METHODS.

GENERATING A PREDICTION IN EIGHT MINUTES AS OPPOSED TO HOURS WITH TRADITIONAL OUTPUTS.

SCIENTISTS ALSO NOTE, GENCAST COULD BE ENHANCED TO PREDICT STORM SEVERITY, AND CAN BE UPGRADED OVER TIME. 

THE E-C-M-W-F CALLED THE INNOVATION A “SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE EVOLUTION OF WEATHER FORECASTING.”

NOTING, IT’S ADDING “KEY COMPONENTS” OF THE GENCAST METHOD TO ITS OWN VERSION OF A-I FORECASTING. 

METEOROLOGISTS APPEAR TO BE EMBRACING THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AS WELL.

WITH MOST GOING FOR A HYBRID APPROACH BETWEEN HUMAN PREDICTIONS AND A-I MODELS. 

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