President Lai Ching-te visited the Central Weather Administration’s office on Tuesday. Lai chatted with forecasters and asked about the latest weather outlook. He also toured the computer room, which houses the 86th most powerful supercomputer in the world. Lai pledged to support all hardware and software needs of the weather agency, to preserve the lives and property of Taiwan’s people.
President Lai Ching-te visited the Central Weather Administration’s office for the first time since assuming office. With typhoon season underway, he couldn’t resist some questions about the weather.
Lai Ching-te
President
What’s the weather going to be like on the day of the GACC concert?
Wu Wan-hua
Central Weather Administration forecaster
For now, it seems that it will be quite nice. There will be afternoon thunderstorms, but they probably won’t affect the concert venue. So the weather will be relatively stable.
Lai Ching-te
President
Nowadays forecasts are precise enough that we can know that it won’t rain in a specific spot. Is it true that a tropical storm is on the way?
Wu Wan-hua
Central Weather Administration
Over the next half month, a tropical system will indeed be developing in the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea. As to how this system will affect our weather, that will depend on atmospheric changes, which we will continue to monitor.
Lai also paid a visit to the heart of the Central Weather Administration – the computer room, which houses one of the world’s 100 most powerful computers.
Staff
Central Weather Administration
It currently ranks No. 86 in the world. Its power is equivalent to 46,000 personal computers, high-end personal computers.
The CWA is also collaborating with Nvidia, using artificial intelligence to enhance the accuracy of forecasts. In a video, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang personally explained the technology.
Jensen Huang
Nvidia CEO
CorrDiff AI does this 1,000 times faster. Here in Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration is using these models to forecast typhoon landfalls with more precision.
Lai Ching-te
President
The more accurate the work at the CWA, the closer to perfection our decisions will be in the government. For the sake of protecting our people’s lives and property, the government will fully support all equipment upgrades at the CWA.
Lai stressed that technology was key, especially when facing the challenges posed by climate change.
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