This week in the Boston Globe Weather Mailbag, we take a closer look at AI weather forecasting and how the technology is faring compared to traditional weather models. We also explore the changing ...

The 2025 hurricane season was a coming-of-age story for AI weather models, which have been around in some capacity since around 2022. Last hurricane season, AI models not only proved they could ...

With one hurricane after another brewing in the Atlantic, you might be seeing some weird-looking forecast maps with lots of straggly lines predicting the tracks of both storms. These maps are ...

Meteorologists frequently mention weather prediction models in their forecasts. They explain what they’re gleaning from the “U.S. Model,” for instance, and how that might differ from the “European ...

If it snows on Sunday, Feb. 22, it could be a lot — or only a little. Three days before the potential storm, computer weather models are projecting a wide range of snowfall amounts. The American model ...

Forecasters said there was “significant uncertainty” about where the tropical storm will go and how intense it could become. Spaghetti models are one of several tools forecasters use. By Judson Jones ...

Computer scientists and weather scientists have taken the first steps toward creating an AI agent capable of analyzing and answering questions in natural language, such as English, about data from ...

For farmers, every planting decision carries risks, and many of those risks are increasing with climate change. One of the most consequential is weather, which can damage crop yields and livelihoods.