<div dir="ltr">Now the deep learning kids have a model for nowcasting precipitation.<div><br></div><div>  <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/29/1036331/deepminds-ai-predicts-almost-exactly-when-and-where-its-going-to-rain/">https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/29/1036331/deepminds-ai-predicts-almost-exactly-when-and-where-its-going-to-rain/</a></div><div>points to source</div><div>  <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03854-z">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03854-z</a></div><div><br></div><div>They build a GAN (Generative Adversarial Network) that takes the last 20 minutes of weather radar (4 frames) and makes a probabilistic prediction of the next 90 minutes of radar (18 frames).  </div><div><br></div><div>Objectively and subjectively judged better than the existing ensemble methods.  But not good enough on the extreme downpours, yet.</div><div><br></div><div>-- rec --</div></div>