{"id":8342,"date":"2025-05-24T09:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T09:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=8342"},"modified":"2025-05-24T09:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T09:05:42","slug":"microsoft-says-new-aurora-ai-model-can-accurately-forecast-weather-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=8342","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft says new Aurora AI model can accurately forecast weather changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Microsoft says its latest AI system, Aurora, can predict typhoons, hurricanes, sandstorms, and air quality events more accurately and significantly faster than traditional forecasting methods, according to a new research paper and blog post released this week.<\/p>\n<p>The company published details of the Aurora model in Nature, citing major improvements in forecast accuracy and efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Trained on more than a million hours of satellite, radar, and ground station data, Aurora is designed to anticipate atmospheric events across the globe and can be fine-tuned for specific weather scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>A new paper published in Nature explains how Microsoft\u2019s Aurora AI foundation model goes beyond weather forecasting to more accurately predict a range of environmental events, from hurricanes and typhoons to air quality and ocean waves. https:\/\/t.co\/zTEg0Lw9Qs<br \/>\n\u2014 Microsoft Research (@MSFTResearch) May 21, 2025<\/p>\n<p>In tests, Microsoft says Aurora predicted the landfall of Typhoon Doksuri in the Philippines four days in advance \u2014 outperforming several expert forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>The model also outpaced the US\u00a0National Hurricane Center in tracking tropical cyclones over the 2022\u20132023 season and correctly anticipated a major sandstorm in Iraq in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>While AI-based weather forecasting is not new \u2014 Google DeepMind\u2019s WeatherNext is another example \u2014 Microsoft positions Aurora as among the most advanced models publicly available.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also released Aurora\u2019s source code and model weights, opening it to researchers and developers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Microsoft Research (@msft_research)<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft reports that, despite its large training set and the infrastructure required to build it, Aurora runs highly efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasts are generated in seconds, compared to hours required by legacy supercomputer-based systems.<\/p>\n<p>A specialised version of the model will be integrated into Microsoft\u2019s MSN Weather app, providing hourly updates and cloud forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>The development is seen as a potential game-changer for meteorologists and climate scientists, offering faster and possibly more accurate tools for understanding extreme weather patterns and air quality.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft says its latest AI system, Aurora, can predict typhoons, hurricanes, sandstorms, and air quality events more accurately and significantly faster than traditional forecasting methods, according to a new research paper and blog post released this week. The company published details of the Aurora model in Nature, citing major improvements in forecast accuracy and efficiency. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}