Why AI has trouble predicting the fury of hurricane intensity

Hurricane Irma rapidly intensified before hitting the Caribbean and Florida in 2017, but intensity is still hard to forecast. NASA Why AI has trouble predicting the fury of hurricane intensity Published: September 23, 2026 8:44am EDT https://theconversation.com/why-ai-has-trouble-predicting-the-fury-of-hurricane-intensity-287281 https://theconversation.com/why-ai-has-trouble-predicting-the-fury-of-hurricane-intensity-287281 Link copied Share article Share article

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Artificial intelligence has revolutionized weather forecasting in just a few years, with global AI weather models now able to produce forecasts that rival some of the world’s best physics-based prediction systems.

This remarkable progress has been driven by three factors: massive amounts of weather data, advances in AI models and unprecedented computational power. While most of the current discussion on improving AI for weather focuses on the models or new hardware, the data is crucial.