In a significant move to enhance local weather forecasting capabilities, the Town Council of Torrevieja has launched T-windPred, a pioneering project focused on developing an artificial intelligence tool for predicting wind speeds. The initiative was led by Rosario Martínez Chazarra, the Tourism Councillor, alongside prominent scientists including César Azorín Molina from the Spanish National Research Council, and Marcos Martínez Roig, an expert in environmental data and weather prediction.

T-windPred aims to create a web-based application called climatoc-lab that will generate accurate maps of wind speed based on data collected from real-time meteorological stations operated by Proyecto Mastral, AEMET, AVAMET, and SIAR. The project is designed to focus on short-term predictions, specifically for the next twelve hours, utilising the most recent hour’s data recorded.

The application has promising applications in various sectors, including tourism, leisure activities, beach management, and disaster prevention. Plans include future developments such as beach flag predictions, alert notifications, historical data queries, and improvements to artificial intelligence models for predicting wind direction and gusts.

T-windPred is a collaborative project spearheaded by the Town Council and its TI·LAB, the University of Alicante’s headquarters in Torrevieja. Following its launch, the project is set to continue until the summer of two thousand twenty-five, marking a significant advancement in local predictive capabilities.