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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

SHOCKING: Cyclone forecasting boosted by artificial intelligence offers earlier path tracking - You Need To See This

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’s AI model has the potential tropical cyclone Kirrily crossing the Queensland coast next Thursday night into Friday
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’s AI model has the potential tropical cyclone Kirrily crossing the Queensland coast next Thursday night into Friday. Photograph: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Cyclone forecasting is getting a boost from artificial intelligence models that can predict the risks of these extreme weather events with increasing accuracy.

Queenslanders told to be on alert by the Bureau of Meteorology for a second tropical cyclone to hit the state in just over a month now have extra ways to monitor the risks via online trackers predicting the potential path of the cyclone.

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