Rainmaker partners with ATMO to click on more rain from clouds

Starting the cloud Rain maker It is partnership with ATMOThe companies told Techcrunch exclusively to Techcrunch.

The two work on the complementary ends of the weather system: ATMO studies atmosphere patterns to predict the weather events, while the rain maker digests such data in an attempt to pressure more rainfalls from the weather systems.

Under the partnership, ATMO will use deep learning models to help rain makers determine the possibility of sowing. The startup will also provide Rainmaker payment services, which are deployed via small drones, for their customers.

For its part, Rainmaker will contribute to data from its radar system to determine the amount of rain that has been produced.

The rain maker was in recent news, targeted by conspiracy theorists who Claiming In Texas she played a role in the last floods in the state.

But according to many scientists, Techcrunch spoke, and this is simply not possible.

“Someone is looking for someone who blames,” Bob RobertProfessor of Science at the atmosphere at Illinois University, tell Techcrunch Last week.

Although the cloud seed can push clouds to drop more rain, it is a small amount compared to the size of the storm. Robe said that one of the well -documented cases in the state of Idaho released an additional 186 million gallons of rain, which is diminished compared to the “trillion gallons of water” that a large storm will be treated.

Cloud seeds are widely used throughout the western United States, most of which are to increase ice ice and enhance the amount of water that ends in the tanks in the summer. While it is also used in places like West Texas to persuade more rainy storms, the results were modest.

The weather modification association in West Texas, with which the rain maker worked with previouslyHe says that cloud sowing in the area has strengthened the rains by about 15 %, or about two inch, per year.

Robe said that the possible reason for this is that the types of clouds floating over West Texas do not respond in the same way as clouds in mountainous regions such as the western United States. He added that rainstorms are less responsive, as they are already preparing to drop a lot of rain.