Researchers Use Advanced AI to Predict Extreme Weather

Talk about the weather, generally considered a neutral topic for conversations, is about to get extremely interesting. January 2020 was the Earth's hottest January in the past 141 years of climate records according to scientists at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. Globally, extreme weather and climate disasters pose a threat to public health, economic well-being, and geopolitical stability. Economically, the U.S. has incurred $1.75 trillion in losses since 1980 due to 258 weather and climate disasters according to NOAA figures. Predicting extreme weather is a complex science, and an area where artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning, specifically the pattern-recognition capabilities of deep learning, can make a difference in forecasting accuracy.