AI in weather forecasting: How the technology can improve predictions in life-threatening situations
Artificial intelligence could someday help meteorologists make more accurate and precise weather forecasts. The trick is figuring out when AI is most useful and when it can lead forecasters astray. Researchers with Colorado State University’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) are working on figuring out some best practices by connecting AI with more traditional forecast models. “I’m using artificial intelligence to connect satellite observations with these models.” said Kyle Hilburn, “That’s helping us be able to make better forecasts of severe weather.” Meteorologists have used computer forecast models or “numerical weather prediction” as a tool for making predictions for decades. These traditional models take current weather observations, run them through a complex set of equations, and produce answers that depict possible future weather conditions.
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