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ECMWF integrates AI weather forecasts alongside traditional models

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is now displaying machine learning-based weather forecasts from models like FourCastNet, Pangu-Weather, and GraphCast alongside their traditional physics-based forecasts. This integration allows for direct comparison of different forecasting methods under the same verification standards. ECMWF has also open-sourced these AI models, enabling public access and experimentation. AI

IMPACT This integration allows for direct comparison of AI and physics-based weather models, potentially improving forecasting accuracy and accessibility.

RANK_REASON Integration of AI models into an existing operational system.

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ECMWF integrates AI weather forecasts alongside traditional models

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    This is literally my day job and it still blows my mind sometimes. ECMWF now shows ML weather forecasts from FourCastNet, Pangu-Weather, and GraphCast alongside

    This is literally my day job and it still blows my mind sometimes. ECMWF now shows ML weather forecasts from FourCastNet, Pangu-Weather, and GraphCast alongside the operational IFS on our public charts. Same verification, same standards. Plus we open-sourced ai-models so anyone c…