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NOAA Risks Loss of Data Network and Web Service

A key contract that supports the network service provider for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is set to lapse this week, threatening internet access and the transmission of internal data nationwide for much of the agency. The N-Wave …

AI Weather Models Promise Super Granular, Specialist Forecasts

The weather forecasting industry has made big leaps in accuracy but has struggled with hyper-local predictions. But the proliferation of AI weather models in recent years means small, commercial firms are now developing the ability to rapidly make specialized predictions, …

Weather Service Merges Units as Staffing Pressure Rises

The US National Weather Service will merge two of its largest forecasting units as it prepares for the loss of as many as 1,000 staffers. Employees were encouraged to take early retirements asa handful of consolidations were announced during an …

Firings at NOAA Risk Lives and Economy, Former Agency Heads Warn

The federal weather and oceans agency touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways, so massive firings there will likely cause needless deaths and a big hit to America’s economy, according to the people who ran it. The first round of …

Ex-Google Executive’s Startup to Use AI to Forecast the Weather

A startup founded by a former Google executive aims to use artificial intelligence to improve weather forecasting, joining technology behemoths like Nvidia Corp. and Huawei Technologies Co. in an increasingly crowded field. Brightband has raised a $10 million series A …

La Nina Weather 65% Likely to Develop in July-Sept: National Weather Service

There is a 65% chance of the La Nina weather pattern, characterized by cold temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, developing during July-September, a U.S. government forecaster said on Thursday. This shift from the current neutral phase between La Nina and …

Artificial Weatherman? AI Could Better Predict Hurricanes, Research Paper Says

Artificial Intelligence may be the key to more accurate and more timely hurricane predictions, China-based researchers have reported in the scientific journal Nature. In two papers in the journal, the researchers, including scientists affiliated with the Chinese tech company Huawei, …

Climate-Fueled Disasters Spur UN Plan to Fund Weather Forecasting in Vulnerable Nations

GLASGOW – As climate change triggers deadly heatwaves, droughts and floods, three U.N. agencies on Wednesday rolled out funding plans to improve weather forecasting in vulnerable countries. The initiative, announced at the U.N. climate summit, aims to plug gaps in …

National Weather Service Upgrades Forecast Model

The National Weather Service has turbocharged its lagging forecast model to better predict extreme weather events such as hurricanes, blizzards and downpours, as well as day-to-day weather. By including much higher layers of the atmosphere, increased factoring of ocean waves …

European Researchers Turn to AI to Build Better Weather Data

European scientists who feed critical climate data to industry and researchers said that their next great breakthrough in weather forecasting will be powered by artificial intelligence. The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts is turning to machine learning in order …