MexicoHurricane Polo grew from tropical storm to Category 5 in 24 hours.

Rapid intensification leaves coastal communities too little time to evacuate, and intensity remains hard to forecast.

AI models train on observations that are sparse over open ocean, where hurricanes strengthen, and global datasets lack regional detail.

Global AI weather models now rival some of the best physics-based systems on wider forecasts.

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Phys.org
identifies AI weather models' strength at global scale masking weakness in regional hurricane intensity forecasting

Sources: Phys.org