Table 2 The capability of MLWP models and IFS to predict formation of Haikui, occurred at 00 UTC on 28 August

From: Evaluation of five global AI models for predicting weather in Eastern Asia and Western Pacific

Model

The earliest Initial time of the forecast predicting TC formation (UTC)

Predicted days before TC formation (8/28 00 UTC) (days)

IFS

8/23 12

4.5

Pangu-Weather

8/23 00

5

FCN2

8/22 00

6

GraphCast

8/23 12

4.5

FuXi

8/24 00

4

FengWu

8/24 00

4

  1. The earliest time a model predicted formation of Haikui, and the number of days predicted ahead of the formation time.