Hacker News with Generative AI: Climate

Dreariness Index (2015) (blogspot.com)
How do you define dreary weather? Is it the amount of rain/snow? How about the frequency of precipitation? Many people feel that cloudy weather is dreary. Of course dreary does not have a scientific definition so some arbitrary measure must be developed.

Weather, Climate, Data Science, Opinion

32 points by skupig 18 days ago | 30 comments

A rare virga bomb just shattered a wind record in Texas. Here's what it is (cnn.com)

Weather, Texas, Meteorology, Climate

9 points by Bender 28 days ago | 0 comments

Who needs weather reports anyway? (vox.com)
More layoffs have hit the federal government, this time at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States’s main weather forecaster and the world’s premier research agency for the seas and the skies.

Government, Layoffs, Climate, Weather

12 points by lr0 84 days ago | 0 comments

Five winter storms could deliver more snow than the last two winters combined (cnn.com)

Weather, Winter, Snow, Climate

4 points by LinuxBender 104 days ago | 0 comments

Antarctic bases went from wooden huts to sci-fi chic(2017) (bbc.com)
How do you build in the most isolated place on Earth? For decades Antarctica - the only continent with no indigenous population - hosted only the simplest huts as human shelters. But, as Matthew Teller finds out, architecture in the coldest, driest, windiest reaches of our planet is getting snazzier.

Antarctica, Architecture, History, Climate, Design

20 points by Willingham 129 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Gribstream.com – Historical Weather Forecast API (gribstream.com)
Leverage The National Blend of Models (NBM) & The Global Forecast System (GFS)

Weather Forecasting, APIs, Software, Data, Climate

71 points by ElPeque 155 days ago | 35 comments

Beyond Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification System: Extensions and Alternatives (blogspot.com)
For a while now, I've been using the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system for my climate tutorials and explorations, for much the same reason it's commonly used for studies of Earth's climate; it's a flexible and widely-recognized standard that sums up the most important climate distinctions without getting too lost in fine details (for the most part).

Climate, Climate Classification, Science, Geography

11 points by ranger207 163 days ago | 0 comments

Seoul blanketed by heaviest November snow on record (bbc.com)
Seoul has recorded its heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago in 1907.

Weather, South Korea, Climate, Records

39 points by Brajeshwar 176 days ago | 11 comments

Saudi Arabia's Al-Jawf Desert Region Sees Historic Snowfall (weather.com)

Saudi Arabia, Weather, Climate, Desert, Snow

8 points by neom 194 days ago | 0 comments

BMI-type measure for a place's "goodness of weather" (ycombinator.com)

Weather, Climate, Data Science, Measurement

7 points by profsummergig 213 days ago | 17 comments

IBM and NASA Open-Source Model for Weather and Climate Applications (newsroom.ibm.com)
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new AI foundation model for a variety of weather and climate use cases, available in open-source to the scientific, developer, and business communities.

AI, Open Source, Climate, Weather, Science

6 points by diwank 240 days ago | 0 comments

IBM and NASA Release OS Model for Weather and Climate Applications (newsroom.ibm.com)
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new AI foundation model for a variety of weather and climate use cases, available in open-source to the scientific, developer, and business communities.

Artificial Intelligence, Weather, Climate, Open Source, IBM

18 points by osanseviero 242 days ago | 2 comments

A Deluge for the Sahara (nasa.gov)
The Sahara Desert is renowned for its barren, arid landscapes that, in some areas, receive just a few inches (tens of millimeters) of rain per year. Still, when it rains in the world’s largest non-polar desert, it can most certainly pour.

Weather, Sahara Desert, Climate, Geography

7 points by csomar 248 days ago | 0 comments

Hurricane season has flatlined. When will it roar back to life? (washingtonpost.com)

Hurricane season, Weather, Climate, Predictions, Natural Disasters

32 points by howard941 275 days ago | 18 comments

Antarctic temperatures soar 50 degrees above norm in long-lasting heat wave (washingtonpost.com)

Climate Change, Antarctica, Weather, Climate

17 points by bookofjoe 295 days ago | 2 comments

Neural general circulation models for weather and climate (nature.com)

Weather, Climate, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Science

6 points by praccu 305 days ago | 1 comments

Why Warm Climates Tend to Create Poor Economies (observer.com)