Quantum leap in meteorology: Confronting typhoons and extreme rainfall

In recent years, natural disasters in Japan have been predominantly driven by severe torrential rain caused by approaching typhoons and associated linear rainbands. Consequently, early and accurate weather forecasting has become an urgent priority for disaster mitigation. Traditional numerical weather prediction models and classical deep learning approaches face critical limitations due to chaotic atmospheric dynamics and the immense computational workload of microphysical processes. To address these challenges, this study presents the development of a novel weather forecasting model applying quantum technology, alongside our experimental approaches and empirical results.