Jeff Freedman, a research associate at UAlbany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), is working in collaboration with researchers and meteorologists to create the Wind Extremes Forecast System (WEFS).

By combining numerical weather prediction (NWP) modeling with machine learning techniques to produce forecasts, the system will seek to minimize power outage impacts for millions of New Yorkers.

Freedman shares on this episode of the UAlbany News Podcast how WEFS will help utility companies and emergency managers mobilize resources more efficiently, reduce restoration time and improve the long-term resiliency of the state’s power distribution system.