AI Weather Forecasting: GenCast & Aurora
August 14, 2025
New machine learning models can be useful tools for making predictions, but experts say don’t give up the old methods just yet.
New machine learning models can be useful tools for making predictions, but experts say don’t give up the old methods just yet.
The Portland Gale claimed more than 400 lives, and it remained the most intense storm on record in New England until the Blizzard of 1978.
Forecasters say that three climatologic al factors are combining to potentially spark an extremely active — and possibly extended — hurricane season in the Atlantic.
Two powerful storms hit Maine on the nose, causing massive damage and leaving locals to ponder whether this will be their new reality
Weather models have limitations, and understanding these limitations will help you better interpret their forecasts so you can stay safe on the water.
We recently published a piece called “Sea Sense” by Michael Tougias. In the story, he shared lessons about survival from boaters who found themselves in dangerous, life-threatening situations offshore.
As it turns out, some of the information we need to improve today’s forecasts could actually be buried in the pages of handwritten logbooks from whaling ships that date to 1780.
A couple tackles the Race to Alaska—a 750-mile mad dash from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska—with endurance, grit and ingenuity while testing the foundation of their relationship
NOAA’s new supercomputers will allow for a hurricane forecast model that will improve forecasting resolution from 3 miles to 1.2 miles.
Boaters and others can get free real-time weather information from www.weatherlink.com, a website where amateur weather wonks — 9,384 of them, to be exact —
Two former sailors from the Mid-Atlantic buy and restore a classic Bertram 20 Moppie runabout
The proud “Monksters” have built a devoted boating community.
The proposed rule would limit most vessels 65 feet and larger to 10 knots along the East Coast during certain times of the year.
What the latest Coast Guard statistics reveal about recreational boating safety.
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Two guys with boatbuilding in their blood start an electric boat company in South Carolina.
An adventurous couple makes an icy pilgrimage from the Netherlands to North Carolina in their Elling E6.
Alexseal Yacht Coatings has significantly expanded its Color Configurator, adding four new yacht models and three distinctive new color shades.
How the WSIA’s Wake Responsibly initiative is keeping riders on the water — and lawmakers off their backs.
Henry Egan paints a historic J Class racing yacht to create the sensation of being aboard.
