Nowcasting

The question that's going to stay with me is whether that distinction collapses.

As AI Nowcasting models get better and observation networks get denser, does everyone eventually get a bespoke, hyperlocal, rapid refresh forecast on their phone? And if so, what happens to the public forecast as a shared civic artifact? The same infrastructure that produces a 15-minute wildfire nowcast for an emergency manager could produce a 15-minute forecast for a construction site or a wind farm.

The question isn't technical capability.

It's who pays for it and who gets left out.