A new Google AI-powered weather model could be key to the future of your forecast – but there’s a catch
CNN — Accurately predicting the weather is hard — really hard, but a new AI-powered forecast model just hit a milestone that has experts saying your forecast could soon get more accurate, and further out, too. “It’s an impressive result,” said Peter Dueben, a machine learning expert and head of Earth system modeling at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, home to the model bested by GenCast. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images People wait in line to access gasoline in Fletcher, North Carolina, on September 29. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Hailey Morgan, right, surveys the damage to her flooded home after returning with her children, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Crystal River on September 27. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Flood water washes over Guy Ford Road bridge on the Watauga River in Sugar Grove, North Carolina, on September 26.
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