While the Google Weather Lab model did not forecast a Category 5, a good portion of its members suggested the storm could reach major status. The dark blue line is the average of Weather Lab’s ...

As in other areas, there’s been a big push toward using A.I. for weather forecasting in the past few years, but the major A.I. forecasting models are still global, not local.

AI is increasingly being incorporated into forecasting, with much of the focus on tools used for global predictions that stretch out 10 days. That includes work by the European Centre for Medium ...

The tool is increasingly important as extreme weather events that include flooding, hailstorms and record-breaking temperatures become more common as the planet continues warming.