APPLICATIONS OF DATA MINING TO PREDICT MESOSCALE WEATHER EVENTS (TORNADOES AND CLOUDBURSTS)

Over the last decade or so, predicting the weather and climate has emerged as one of the most important areas of scientific Research. This is partly because the increase in skill of current weather forecasts has made society more and more dependent on them day to day for a whole range of decision making. And it is partly because climate change is now widely accepted and the realization is growing rapidly that it will affect every person in the world either directly or indirectly.