As Hurricane Lee was curving northward to the west of Bermuda in mid-September of last year, forecasters were busily consulting weather models and data from hurricane-hunter aircraft to gauge where ...

Every day, meteorologist Hannah Wangari takes the free graphs and maps produced by the five forecasting models she subscribes to and interprets what she sees. “What’s the likelihood of rain in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Weather forecasts are notoriously unreliable. Most people can relate ...

Increasingly powerful AI models can make short-term weather forecasts with surprising accuracy. But neural networks only predict based on patterns from the past—what happens when the weather does ...

But using AI is still extremely tempting because the alternative is a computational atmospheric circulation model, which is extremely compute-intensive. Still, it’s highly successful, with the ...

Ever since artificial intelligence entered the mainstream, scientists have been eager to unleash it on weather forecasting. The forecasts we get from our smartphones, TVs, and smart speakers take a ...

A new system for forecasting weather and predicting future climate uses artificial intelligence to achieve results comparable with the best existing models while using much less computer power, ...

There is a critical need to improve and expand precipitation forecasting in the Western United States. Access to reliable forecasts at timeframes longer than seven days is long overdue, especially in ...

High-quality weather and climate forecasts are vital to saving lives and managing resources. As climate change accelerates and extreme weather events worsen, accurate forecasting is becoming even more ...

Much like the invigorating passage of a strong cold front, major changes are afoot in the weather forecasting community. And the end game is nothing short of revolutionary: an entirely new way to ...

About this time of year, an annual debate begins about winter weather predictions. Some of the most intense conversations center around the Famers’ Almanac. Scientific American published an analysis ...