WeatherNext 2: AI model predictions for tropical cyclones
{ "reading_time": "[[read\u002Dtime]] min read" } Breadcrumb Home Innovation & AI Models & research Google DeepMind Our WeatherNext 2 AI model demonstrated a massive leap forward in predicting cyclones. Aug 06, 2026 Predicting how hurricanes and cyclones develop is a longstanding challenge, and every hour of warning counts. This represents a massive leap forward — roughly a decade of meteorological progress in one model.To help build climate resilience worldwide, we are now open-sourcing the WeatherNext 2 model to the global research community.
- ▪{ "reading_time": "[[read\u002Dtime]] min read" } Breadcrumb Home Innovation & AI Models & research Google DeepMind Our WeatherNext 2 AI model demonstrated a massive leap forward in predicting cyclones.
- ▪Aug 06, 2026 Predicting how hurricanes and cyclones develop is a longstanding challenge, and every hour of warning counts.
- ▪This represents a massive leap forward — roughly a decade of meteorological progress in one model.To help build climate resilience worldwide, we are now open-sourcing the WeatherNext 2 model to the global research community.
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| Canonical URL | https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/weathernext-2-cyclones/ |
| Publication time | Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:04:33 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-06T17:05:47.560Z |
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| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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{ "reading_time": "[[read\u002Dtime]] min read" } Breadcrumb Home Innovation & AI Models & research Google DeepMind Our WeatherNext 2 AI model demonstrated a massive leap forward in predicting cyclones. Aug 06, 2026 Predicting how hurricanes and cyclones develop is a longstanding challenge, and every hour of warning counts. Tropical cyclones are among the most destructive weather events on Earth, and for meteorologists, issuing accurate, timely warnings is a constant race against time.Today, in a paper published in Nature, Google researchers show that our WeatherNext AI model achieved state-of-the-art accuracy in predicting a cyclone's track, intensity, and wind structure.
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