Chinese AI Improves Typhoon Forecasting in Hong Kong

Chinese AI improves forecasts as Hong Kong braces for super typhoons

An artificial intelligence model recently deployed at the Hong Kong Observatory and mainland China’s National Meteorological Centre can solve one of the toughest challenges in weather forecasting: predicting when a typhoon will rapidly intensify. Li Qinglan, a professor at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) who is leading the project, said the system was installed around three weeks ago and had provided “real-time updates on the progression of Typhoon Jangmi”. Jangmi, which...

By Coco Feng