WeatherNext: AI model achieves breakthrough in forecasting cyclones
AI Summary: Researchers at Google DeepMind and Google Research, in collaboration with weather agencies, have developed an AI model called WeatherNext, which achieves state-of-the-art accuracy in predicting cyclone tracks, intensity, and wind structure. The model provides an extra day's worth of predictive accuracy compared to previous models, equivalent to a decade's worth of meteorological progress. WeatherNext has already been used to support forecasters, including during the 2025 hurricane season, and the researchers are now open-sourcing the WeatherNext 2 and WeatherNext Cyclones models to empower the research community. The models' source code is being made available to potentially improve cyclone forecasting and support more resilient communities.