How WeatherNext helped the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast Hurricane Melissa's landfall in Jamaica
How WeatherNext helped the National Hurricane Center better predict Hurricane Melissa’s historic landfall in Jamaica
What happened
WeatherNext, developed by Google DeepMind and Google Research, helped the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast five days in advance that Hurricane Melissa would make landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, with 80% confidence. Three days before landfall, confidence rose to nearly 100%.
Why it matters
The article reports WeatherNext's real-world performance on both hurricane track and intensity forecasts, showing how AI weather models are used for extreme events.
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