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
Modality
Access
Deployment
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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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| 2 | 2026-10-01 21:40 UTC | evidence update | score | Current |
| 1 | 2026-09-01 20:45 UTC | publication | None | Current |
In briefs
2- WeatherNext 2 leads 13 AI developments in week 36, 2026 Weekly brief 2026-W36
- WeatherNext 2 leads 9 AI developments on 1 September 2026 Daily brief 2026-09-01
Original catalog content is licensed under CC BY 4.0, attributed to wowsuchai. Source quotations and linked content keep their original rights.
