Axios: Exclusive: AI weather firm Atmo teams up with Tuvalu on climate resilience
“Atmo is a San Francisco-based AI weather forecasting firm whose models are trained on historical weather conditions. The models can be run far faster and on cheaper machines than the supercomputers used by the National Weather Service and other agencies that predict the weather.
Right now, there's a dearth of weather observations and relatively poor performance by U.S., European and other global weather models at the local level in the South Pacific.
It means that the residents of Tuvalu are often caught off guard by storms, Atmo CEO Alex Levy tells Axios in an interview.
Given how low-lying the country is — the average height is less than 10 feet above sea level — these storms can cause extensive flooding.”