WeatherNext cyclone model (Nature) and open-sourced code and weights
In a Nature paper, WeatherNext gives cyclone forecasts a day of extra lead (3-day as good as prior 2-day), and Google open-sources the code and weights.
Combines global weather and fine-scale cyclone modeling in one model, running a 1,000-member ensemble out to 15 days. Built with the National Hurricane Center, CIRA and the UK Met Office. The roundup describes the open release as WeatherNext 2.
- Date
- Thursday, 6 August 2026
- Lab
- Google DeepMind
- Kind
- open-weights
- Access
- open weights
License terms of the released weights were not checked. "A decade of progress" is Google's characterization.
Sources
- deepmind.google/blog/weathernext-ai-model-achieves-breakthrough-in-forecasting-cyclones/
- blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/google-ai-updates-august-2026/
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