The growing use of Artificial Intelligence in the field of weather prediction and forecasting is likely to have profound implications for national meteorological services in the coming years.
In this fifth episode in our special WeatherPod series on AI, we’ve invited Dr. Alan Hally into the studio to examine how one met service – Met Éireann – is approaching the use of AI in its operations. Alan is the Scientific Lead in Met Éireann’s recently formed AI Transformation Team. This team’s primary aim is to optimise the services Met Éireann provides to Irish citizens through the targeted application of AI or machine learning technologies.
Alan is the Scientific Lead in Met Éireann’s recently formed AI Transformation Team. This team’s primary aim is to optimise the services Met Éireann provides to Irish citizens through the targeted application of AI or machine learning technologies.
During our discussion we covered a number of key issues intimately connected to the use of AI-based weather forecasting systems.
These ranged from:
– the impact AI could have on the use of traditional NWP techniques;
– the organisational implications for national weather services of the increasing use of AI;
– and the importance of working with weather affected end-users when it comes to developing decision support systems.
While Alan has not worked specifically on AI in his career to date, it’s absolutely clear from our conversation that this is an area where Met Éireann sees enormous potential for its future operations.