The Hong Kong Observatory organised a World Meteorological Organization Workshop on Recent Advances of Severe Weather Forecast Techniques using Machine Learning

The Hong Kong Observatory organised a World Meteorological Organization Workshop on Recent Advances of Severe Weather Forecast Techniques using Machine Learning

Kwok Yu-ting

The Hong Kong Observatory organised a workshop on “Recent Advances in Severe Weather Forecast Techniques using Machine Learning” under the Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), held from 4 to 8 December 2023. The workshop was attended by 18 participants from the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in various countries. This was the first WMO training activity specifically on using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in severe weather forecasting.

In addition to the presentations, experts from NVIDIA, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and the Observatory shared their experience with the participants. Hands-on practical sessions on applying ML techniques in weather forecasting were also conducted.

Dr Chan Pak-wai, Director of the Observatory (front row, middle), Mr Jeffrey ADIE of NVIDIA (front row, third from the right), and Mr Mustafa ADIGUZEL of WMO (front row, third from the left) with workshop participants