Machine Learning Improves Rainfall Forecasts in East Africa

This paper addresses the critical need for improved weather forecasting in East Africa, where limited computational resources hinder the use of ensemble forecasting. The authors propose a cost-effective, high-resolution machine learning model (cGAN) that can run on laptops, making it accessible to meteorological services with limited infrastructure. This is significant because it directly addresses a practical problem with real-world consequences, potentially improving societal resilience to weather events.