# Skilful Precipitation Nowcasting Using NowcastNet

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17961 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.17961/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 1 of its 2 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 29 Nov 2023.

## Builds on (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Skillful Precipitation Nowcasting using Deep Generative Models of Radar](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2104.00954/) (2021)

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [A Space-Time Transformer for Precipitation Nowcasting](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.11090/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Designing early warning system for precipitation requires accurate short-term forecasting system. Climate change has led to an increase in frequency of extreme weather events, and hence such systems can prevent disasters and loss of life. Managing such events remain a challenge for both public and private institutions. Precipitation nowcasting can help relevant institutions to better prepare for such events as they impact agriculture, transport, public health and safety, etc. Physics-based numerical weather prediction (NWP) is unable to perform well for nowcasting because of large computational turn-around time. Deep-learning based models on the other hand are able to give predictions within seconds. We use recently proposed NowcastNet, a physics-conditioned deep generative network, to forecast precipitation for different regions of Europe using satellite images. Both spatial and temporal transfer learning is done by forecasting for the unseen regions and year. Model makes realistic predictions and is able to outperform baseline for such a prediction task.