A Novel U-Net Based CNN Algorithm for High-Accuracy Weather Forecasting

Accurate weather forecasting is essential for sectors like agriculture, aviation, and disaster management. However, deep learning algorithms face challenges in prediction accuracy due to issues like vanishing gradients, overfitting, and high computational demands. This research proposes a novel U-Net based architecture utilizing a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) bottleneck layer to improve weather forecasting. Key features include a skip-connection mechanism, modified weight update rules, Gaussian-mutation operations, and the Adam optimizer for enhanced feature extraction and faster, more accurate predictions. The model was tested using precipitation data from Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) Chennai Radar and weather parameters from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). A dedicated GeoServer facilitates realtime data processing. Experimental results show the proposed algorithm achieves 97.5% accuracy, outperforming CNN and long short-term memory (LSTM) models by 5.84% and 2.41%, respectively.