WindBorne benefits from its unique combination of model-building and data collection. The company now has about 400 balloons ...

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Amy McGovern was the director of an A.I. institute dedicated to weather forecasting — until the National Science Foundation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a risk communicator focused on the impact of weather on business. Jul 15, 2025, 08:30am EDT The combination of AI, advanced ...

On a sunny spring afternoon in Virginia Beach, Va., I’m waiting on a package delivery from a big-box retailer. But today, I’m not looking for a truck or the neighborhood postal carrier; I’m watching ...

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Increasingly, AI models are able 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 ...

It was 82 years ago that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief meteorologist made one of the most important weather forecasts of ...

Mud and debris as atmospheric rivers dumped rain in Studio City, Calif., in 2024. Forecasting heavy rain requires measurements from satellites, doppler radar, ocean buoys and other instruments, most ...

Hurricane forecasting in South Florida requires more than computer models; it demands local knowledge and decades of experience interpreting unique storm dynamics and rapidly changing conditions. "I ...

Gray swan events are extreme weather events that cause local devestation, like Hurricane Lee in 2023, shown here. Increasingly powerful AI models can make short-term weather forecasts with surprising ...