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WeatherNext 2

WeatherNext 2 is a weather-forecasting model released by Google that the company says delivers state-of-the-art accuracy for cyclone track, intensity, and wind-structure prediction. Google announced they are open-sourcing WeatherNext 2 to the research community to support climate resilience work.

What it does

Use it for research and operational forecasting to improve cyclone prediction and related climate resilience work (via the open-source release to researchers).

Availability
open-sourced to the research community
Pricing model
open-source
Deployment
research and operational use implied
Privacy
Not established
Licence
Not established
Capability
analysisevaluationtraining
Modality
multimodaltext
Access
open weightsAPI
Deployment
hostedon-premises
Pricing
open-source
Target user
researcherenterprise

Evidence

5 claims
  • Demonstrated state-of-the-art accuracy for cyclone track, intensity, and wind-structure prediction (reported in a Nature paper). [1]
    In a Nature paper, our researchers showed that WeatherNext 2 predicts cyclone track, intensity, and wind structure with state-of-the-art accuracy — delivering a decade of meteorological progress in one model.
    Google. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights.
  • Open-sourced to the research community. [1]
    Now, we’re open-sourcing WeatherNext 2 to the research community to help build global climate resilience.
    Google. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights.
  • Characterized as delivering a decade of meteorological progress in one model. [1]
    In a Nature paper, our researchers showed that WeatherNext 2 predicts cyclone track, intensity, and wind structure with state-of-the-art accuracy — delivering a decade of meteorological progress in one model.
    Google. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights.
  • Intended to help build global climate resilience. [1]
    Now, we’re open-sourcing WeatherNext 2 to the research community to help build global climate resilience.
    Google. Quoted text is outside CC BY 4.0 and keeps its original rights.
  • Results and model described in a Nature publication. [1]

Sources

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https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/google-ai-updates-august-2026/ Retrieved 2026-10-28 00:27 UTC
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