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Utah Avalanche Center asks for $750,000 to scale machine‑learning forecasts statewide
Summary
The Utah Avalanche Center presented a plan to use machine learning and new data streams to expand avalanche forecasting beyond current regional coverage, improve search‑and‑rescue effectiveness and support safer backcountry travel; presenters asked the commission for about $750,000 toward a ~$1 million phased project.
Representatives of the Utah Avalanche Center described a multiyear project to apply machine‑learning tools, additional weather stations and public data to expand forecasting and create detailed avalanche danger maps across more mountain ranges in Utah. The presenters said the project would give forecasters automated preprocessing, allow finer‑scale forecasts and make hazard information available for rural ranges that lack dense…
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