How AI Could Change the Future of Weather Forecasts

Weather forecasting has gone through incremental but tremendous progress in past decades. By one metric, today's five-day forecast is now as accurate as a three-day forecast was in 2000.

Entire ecosystems rely on weather forecasting, and any improvements — particularly as climate change heightens weather volatility — can help not just individuals to better manage risks, but also entire industries to avert billions in economic losses. In the US alone, an estimated one-third of the economy, or about $3 trillion, is sensitive to the weather and climate.