Artificial Intelligence: Weather
(asked on 23rd June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how artificial intelligence can be used as an early warning system to predict harmful weather patterns.
Answered by
Lord Vallance of Balham
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government is driving forward AI development and adoption through the AI Opportunities Action Plan.
AI-driven forecasting systems are being developed and assessed by the Met Office, including co-developing the FastNet AI weather model with the Alan Turing Institute.
The Met Office is assessing the potential of AI-based tools to support expert meteorologists in their assessment of severe weather events.
The Met Office is monitoring developments in this field world-wide.