Some researchers are now eyeing the technology being used to detect signal strength as an accurate gauge and forecasting tool for the weather itself.

Monitoring the status of cellular networks, which are now widespread in most of the world could bring up to the minute climate data to meteorologists, much faster than the methods currently used.

“The weather affects the signal strength dramatically,” said Hagit Messer, who is the vice president of research and development at Israel’s Tel Aviv University. She went on to explain that if better real-time data can be collected, the accuracy of weather forecasts could potentially improve.

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