China said it can now predict weather 10 days in advance at a cutting-edge resolution of 5km (3.1 miles), finer than most major systems in routine use around the world.The advance was achieved by a Chinese-developed weather forecasting model running on Sugon-8000" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="205386" data-entity-type="topic">Sugon 8,000, a massive home-grown computing system built entirely with domestically made AI chips.Most major global forecasting systems have resolutions of roughly 5km to 10km, according to the China-meteorological-administration" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="129901" data-entity-type="organization">China Meteorological Administration and Beijing-based computing company Sugon, which jointly announced the results on Tuesday.For instance, the Global Forecast System – the main global weather model run by the US National Weather Service – has a maximum resolution of about 13km.
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China has developed a new weather forecasting system capable of predicting weather 10 days in advance with a resolution of 5km. This advancement surpasses the resolution of most major global forecasting systems, which typically range from 5km to 10km.
Ling XinSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-16 · 15:00 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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China has developed a new weather forecasting system capable of predicting weather 10 days in advance with a resolution of 5km. This advancement surpasses the resolution of most major global forecasting systems, which typically range from 5km to 10km. The system utilizes a Chinese-developed weather forecasting model operating on Sugon 8,000, a large-scale computing system built entirely with domestically produced AI chips. This achievement was jointly announced by the China Meteorological Administration and Sugon. For comparison, the US National Weather Service's Global Forecast System has a maximum resolution of approximately 13km.
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This advance was achieved using a Chinese-developed weather forecasting model on a home-grown computing system (Sugon 8,000) built with domestically made AI chips.
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China can now predict weather 10 days in advance at a resolution of 5km.
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The US National Weather Service's Global Forecast System has a maximum resolution of about 13km.
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Most major global forecasting systems have resolutions of roughly 5km to 10km.
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