It is, and the research applying ML in this area is starting to ramp up. For example, last year I worked on a project using ML to identify tornado vortex signat

It is, and the research applying ML in this area is starting to ramp up. For example, last year I worked on a project using ML to identify tornado vortex signatures in Doppler weather radar scans. It also turned out that a couple other groups published similar research at the same time. I would say to expect to be much more growth with ML in meteorology hoping it will all eventuality be applied in the field.