A building stands amid torn tree branches after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Black River, Jamaica, on October 30, 2025. Octavio Jones/Reuters

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially ended November 30, showcased the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence for storm forecasting. And experts say there is no turning back.

This season, the National Hurricane Center supplemented its usual cadre of traditional models with AI-driven models, including one developed by Google DeepMind. The forecasters say that particular AI model allowed them to reach the “holy grail” of hurricane forecasting: accurate predictions of rapid changes in a storm’s intensity.

Forecasts that predict the path of a hurricane using traditional models have become far more accurate in recent yea

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