GenCast: AI-Powered Weather Forecasting
date
Dec 5, 2024
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language
en
status
Published
type
Products
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tags
AI Weather Forecasting
Weather Technology
Deep Learning
Predictive Analytics
Meteorology
summary
GenCast is an advanced AI weather forecasting model developed by Google DeepMind, offering high-precision predictions for up to 15 days. It outperforms traditional forecasting systems by utilizing historical data and advanced generative AI techniques. This model is designed for meteorologists, data scientists, and industries reliant on accurate weather forecasts.
Product Introduction
GenCast is a cutting-edge AI weather forecasting model created by Google DeepMind, designed to provide high-precision weather forecasts for up to 15 days. Leveraging advanced AI techniques, GenCast surpasses existing systems like the ECMWF ENS in accuracy and speed, making it a valuable tool for meteorologists and various industries.
Key Features
- High-Precision Forecasts: Delivers accurate weather predictions for up to 15 days.
- Enhanced Accuracy: Outperforms leading forecasting systems, including ECMWF's ENS, in 97.2% of test targets.
- AI Ensemble Model: Combines over 50 individual forecasts to capture a range of potential weather scenarios.
- Rapid Predictions: Generates forecasts in just 8 minutes using a Google Cloud TPU v5.
- Historical Data Utilization: Trained on 40 years of data from ECMWF's ERA5 dataset to learn global weather patterns.
- Extreme Weather Predictions: Specifically designed to improve the accuracy of extreme weather event forecasts.
- Open Source: Model code, weights, and predictions will be publicly available to encourage community collaboration.
Product Data
- Model Resolution: 0.25°
- Training Data: 40 years of historical weather data
- Performance: Outperforms ENS particularly in predictions beyond 36 hours.
- Monthly Visits: 1,684,763
- Bounce Rate: 61.12%
- Page per Visit: 1.7
- Average Visit Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds