[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-microsofts-new-ai-tool-predicts-weather-weeks-ahead":10,"sections":40},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":35,"feedback":39,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":39,"total_tokens":39},11623,"microsofts-new-ai-tool-predicts-weather-weeks-ahead","Microsoft's New AI Tool Predicts Weather Weeks Ahead","Microsoft says its new open-source model extends useful forecasts to two to six weeks, a range where physics-based and rival AI systems typically fall apart.","Microsoft claims a new machine-learning tool can forecast weather two to six weeks out, a range where existing models fall apart.\n\nCompany researchers published the findings today in Nature, describing a machine-learning method they say is more accurate and cheaper to run than physics-based forecasting or existing AI weather models at that two-to-six-week range. Both traditional numerical forecasting and the newer wave of AI weather models, including ones from Google and Nvidia, tend to lose reliability past the two-week mark. Microsoft says its approach holds up further out. The company has released the tool as open-source software rather than keeping it proprietary.\n\nA forecast window that stretches past two weeks is the difference between reacting to a storm and planning around one. Microsoft points to farmers and emergency responders as the people who would benefit most from a few extra weeks of lead time. That it's open-source also means other researchers can test, or poke holes in, the claims rather than taking Microsoft's word for it.\n\nEvery company building an AI weather model claims the breakthrough; this time the claim comes with a peer-reviewed paper attached.","[\"ai\",\"weather-forecasting\",\"microsoft\",\"open-source\"]","2026-10-14T16:05:21.000Z","2026-10-14T17:38:54.844Z","2026-10-14T17:38:58.592Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The claim that Microsoft is not releasing a standalone consumer app and instead is targeting researchers and institutions is not supported by the source, which cuts off mid-sentence on that point — remove or qualify this unverified detail rather than filling in the gap.","resolved","ai",[30,32,33,34],"weather-forecasting","microsoft","open-source",[36],{"name":37,"url":38},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Fscience\u002F1011127\u002Fai-weather-forecast-microsoft",0,{"sections":41},[42,46,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101,106],{"name":43,"slug":30,"count":44,"latest_published_at":45},"AI",7006,"2026-10-14T16:43:24.000Z",{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Security","security",992,"2026-10-14T18:43:57.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Policy","policy",514,"2026-10-14T17:17:20.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Deals","deals",513,"2026-10-14T17:24:42.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Hardware","hardware",256,"2026-10-14T16:03:09.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",223,"2026-10-14T17:33:16.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Science","science",201,"2026-10-13T23:13:31.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Startups","startups",132,"2026-10-13T21:15:00.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Software","software",124,"2026-10-14T14:00:10.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",116,"2026-10-13T16:20:18.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general",78,"2026-10-14T14:55:47.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Gaming","gaming",73,"2026-10-14T16:16:46.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Reviews","reviews",37,"2026-10-14T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]